orelha

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Galician

Noun

orelha f (plural orelhas, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of orella

References

  • “orelha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

Noun

orelha f (plural orelhas)

  1. ear

Descendants

  • Galician: orella
  • Portuguese: orelha (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Portuguese

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Orelha

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese orelha, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula. Cognate Galician orella, Spanish oreja. Doublet of aurícula

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -eʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: o‧re‧lha

Noun

orelha f (plural orelhas)

  1. (anatomy) ear
  2. bookflap
  3. (Brazil, informal) dog-ear
  4. the claw of a claw hammer
    Synonyms: unha, garra

Usage notes

Colloquially, orelha refers exclusively to the auricle, while ouvido is the earhole, but the terms can be interchangeable in some cases.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:orelha.

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

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