orelha

Portuguese
Orelha

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese orella, from Vulgar Latin oricla, from Latin auricula, diminutive of auris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.

Cognate with Galician orella, Catalan orella, French oreille, Italian orecchio, Occitan aurelha, Romanian ureche and Spanish oreja.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /o.ˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/, /ɔ.ˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/, /o.ˈɾe(j).ʎɐ/, /ɔ.ˈɾe(j).ʎɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.ˈɾe.ʎa/
  • Hyphenation: o‧re‧lha

Noun

orelha f (plural orelhas)

  1. (anatomy) ear
  2. the corner (angular tip) of a paper, generally in the page of a book or similar

See also
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