auricle
English
/ɒɹəkəl/, /ɔːɹɪkəl/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) The outer ear or pinna.
- (anatomy) An ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the heart.
- (anatomy) An atrium, the smaller of the two types of chamber in the heart.
- (botany) Any appendage in the shape of an earlobe.
Etymology
Derived from Latin auricula (outer ear, ear).
Origin
Latin
auricula
Gloss
outer ear, ear
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
耳
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- auricled English
- auricula English
- postauricle English
- retroauricle English
- auricula Latin
- auris Latin
- oricla Latin
- auricola Italian
- aurícula Spanish, Castilian
- desorejar Spanish, Castilian
- oreja Spanish, Castilian
- orejera Spanish, Castilian
- orejota Spanish, Castilian
- orejuela Spanish, Castilian
- orejón Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ous- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European
- aurícula Portuguese
- orelha Portuguese
- aurícula Catalan, Valencian
- orelleira Galician
- oredja Kabuverdianu