Meaning

noun the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

noun good hearing

noun the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear

originFrom Middle English ere, eare, from Old English ēare (“ear”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô (“ear”) (compare Scots ere, er, eir, West Frisian ear, Dutch…

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