oreja

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Verb

oreja

  1. inflection of orejar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Finnish

Noun

oreja

  1. partitive plural of ori

Anagrams

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish oreja, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula. Compare Portuguese orelha.

Noun

oreja f (Hebrew spelling אוריז׳ה)

  1. (countable) ear (the organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea)
    Synonym: oido
    • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎, Editions Vidas Largas, page 28:
      Djugava de oreja, i no tenia buena oreja !
      was playing by ear, and did not have a good ear!

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “oreja”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese orelha.

Noun

oreja f (plural orejas)

  1. (countable) ear (the organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea)
    Synonym: oido
    • 1443, Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Cvruiosa y Ocvlta Filosofia. Primera, y Segvnda Parte de las marauillas de las naturaleza, examinadas en varias queſtiones naturales.‎, page 367:
      Los animales de grandes orejas, ò de agudo oydo, ſiruen contra el mal de los oydos, como las Liebres.
      Animals with great ears, or with great hearing, such as hares, withstand harm to the ears.

Descendants

  • Ladino: oreja, אוריז׳ה
  • Spanish: oreja

References

  • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “oreja”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 371

Spanish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish oreja, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula. Compare Portuguese orelha. Doublet of aurícula, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈɾexa/
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  • Rhymes: -exa
  • Syllabification: o‧re‧ja

Noun

oreja f (plural orejas, diminutive orejita, augmentative orejón)

  1. (anatomy) outer ear; auricle
    Meronym: oído
    Me duelen las orejas.
    My ears hurt.

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