Kilo Lingo

ear

/ɪə/

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Translation

One of the two parts of your head that you use to hear.

Word origin

From Old English eare, the old Germanic word for the ear.

Origin
Old English
Root
eare

Grammar

Gender
Pluralears

Examples

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"Ear" is the part of the head you hear with.

loud noise.

"Ears" is the plural, because we have two of them.

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Here "ears" describes the size of both ears.

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This word is part of lesson 11.