orela

Esperanto

Etymology

orelo +‎ -a

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈrela/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Hyphenation: o‧re‧la

Adjective

orela (accusative singular orelan, plural orelaj, accusative plural orelajn)

  1. auditory, aural (of the ear)

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in the 13th century. From Latin ōra (“border”) + the diminutive suffix -ela.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈɾɛla/ [oˈɾɛ.lɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛla
  • Hyphenation: o‧re‧la

Noun

orela m (plural orelas)

  1. border, rim, limit
    • 1307, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada/A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 440:
      hun calez de prata d'un marco et meo, que seia laurado et dourado arredor nas orelas
      a silver chalice of a mark and a half, which should be carved and gilded on its rims
    Synonyms: beira, bordo
  2. shore, bank
    Synonyms: beiramar, ribeira
    • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 791:
      ourela do rrio
      bank of the river
  3. (archaeology) popular denomination of the risen perimeter of the local Iron Age hill-forts
    Synonyms: coroa, roda

Derived terms

  • Orela
  • ourelar
  • oureleiro
  • ourelo

References

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