ear

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One of the two organs on the sides of the head that you hear with.

   She whispered the secret in my ear.

2. 2
   noun

   The ability to hear and judge sounds, especially music, well.

   She has a good ear for music and can play any tune she hears.

3. 3
   noun

   Willingness to listen to what someone says.

   The manager always has an ear for new ideas from her team.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Germanic *ausô Proto-West Germanic *auʀā Old English ēare Middle English ere English ear From Middle English ere, eare, from Old English ēare (“ear”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô (“ear”) (compare Scots ere, er, eir, West Frisian ear, Dutch oor, German Ohr, Swedish öra, Danish øre), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (compare Old Irish áu, Latin auris, Lithuanian ausi̇̀s, Russian у́хо (úxo), Albanian vesh, Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), and Old A…

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