orelha

Galician

Noun

orelha f (plural orelhas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of orella

References

• “orelha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• orella

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

Noun

orelha f (plural orelhas)

1. ear

Descendants

• Galician: orella
• Portuguese: orelha (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "orelha"

Portuguese

Orelha

Alternative forms

• ourelha (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese orelha, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula. Cognate Galician orella, Spanish oreja. Doublet of aurícula

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɾe.ʎɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɾe.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɾe.ʎa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/, (dialectal) /o(w)ˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/, (dialectal) /o(w)ˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɾe.ʎɐ/, (dialectal) /owˈɾe.ʎɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɾe.ʎɐ/, (dialectal) /o(w)ˈɾe.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɾe.ʎɐ/, (dialectal) /oˈɾe.ʎɐ/

• Rhymes: -eʎɐ
• Hyphenation: o‧re‧lha

Noun

orelha f (plural orelhas)

1. (anatomy) ear
2. bookflap
3. (Brazil, informal) dog-ear
4. the claw of a claw hammer

   Synonyms: unha, garra

Usage notes

Colloquially, orelha refers exclusively to the auricle, while ouvido is the earhole, but the terms can be interchangeable in some cases.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:orelha.

Derived terms

• com a pulga atrás da orelha
• de orelha em pé
• mocho-de-orelhas
• orelha de abano
• orelha de gato
• orelha-de-burro
• orelha-de-elefante
• orelha-de-judas
• orelha-de-lebre
• orelha-de-macaco
• orelha-de-pau
• orelha-de-rato
• orelhão
• orelhar
• orelheira
• orelheiro
• orelhudo
• puxão de orelha
• quando um burro fala, o outro abaixa a orelha
• sorriso de uma orelha a outra

 

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: oredja
• Kabuverdianu: oredja, orédja
• Papiamentu: orea

See also

• ouvido