overhear
English
/oʊ.vɚˈhɪɚ/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *overheren inherited from Old English oferhīeran (disregard, disobey, hear, overhear, neglect) prefix from English hear.
Origin
English
hear
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behear English
- forehear English
- hark English
- hear English
- hearability English
- hearable English
- hearer English
- hearest English
- heareth English
- hearie English
- hearsome English
- mishear English
- outhear English
- overhearer English
- rehear English
- unhear English
- horen Dutch, Flemish
- overhoren Dutch, Flemish
- overhoring Dutch, Flemish
- overhøre Norwegian Bokmål
- oferhīeran Old English
- *overheren Middle English
- heren Middle English
- *𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- harim Tok Pisin
- yere Sranan Tongo