orella

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin oricla, from Latin auricula.

Noun

orella ?

  1. (anatomy) ear

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin oricla, from Latin auricula.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /oˈɾə.ʎə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /uˈɾɛ.ʎə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /oˈɾe.ʎa/

Noun

orella f (plural orelles)

  1. (anatomy) ear
  • eixorellar

Galician

A commercial sign, Santiago de Compostela
Orellas

Alternative forms

  • ourella

Etymology

13th century. From Old Portuguese orella, from Vulgar Latin oricla, from Latin auricula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈɾeʎa̝/
  • (file)

Noun

orella f (plural orellas)

  1. (anatomy) ear
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 540:
      todo esto me entra per hũa orella et me sal perla outra
      all this comes to me by one ear and out the other
  2. Galician sweet fritters typically consumed during Shrovetide
  3. mouldboard

References

  • orella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • orella” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • orella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • orella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • orella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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