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ureche
ear /uˈreke/
noun#1346 most common
Also: hearing (figurative, e.g. 'to reach someone's ears')
Example sentences
Iepurele are urechi lungi.
The rabbit has long ears.
Mă doare urechea stângă.
My left ear hurts.
Trebuie să-mi curăț urechile în fiecare seară.
I need to clean my ears every evening.
Bunica mă trăgea de ureche când eram obraznic.
Grandma used to pull my ear when I was naughty.
Zvonul a ajuns la urechile șefului înainte de ședință.
The rumor reached the boss's ears before the meeting.
Sfaturile ei îi intrau pe o ureche și îi ieșeau pe cealaltă.
Her advice went in one ear and out the other.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ureche | urechi |
| Genitive | urechii | urechilor |
| Accusative | ureche | urechi |
| Vocative | ureche | urechilor |
Word family
urechiears (plural)
urecheathe ear (definite form)
urechelnițăearwig (insect)
urecheatbig-eared, having large or prominent ears
a trage de urecheidiom: to scold someone (literally 'to pull by the ear')
Etymology
Ureche comes from Latin auricula, the diminutive of auris, meaning ear. Sound changes typical of Romanian, including the loss of the intervocalic consonant cluster and vowel shifts, turned auricula into ureche over centuries. The same Latin root gives Italian orecchio, Spanish oreja, and French oreille, all of which also descend from the diminutive form rather than the plain Latin auris.
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