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orelha

Galician edit

Noun edit

orelha f (plural orelhas, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of orella

References edit

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

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

Noun edit

orelha f (plural orelhas)

  1. ear

Descendants edit

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

Further reading edit

Portuguese edit

 
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Orelha

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

 
 

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

Noun edit

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 edit

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

Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:orelha.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

See also edit

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