orella

• urella

Inherited from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾeʎa/
• Syllabification: o‧re‧lla
• Rhymes: -eʎa

orella f

1. (anatomy) ear

• “oreja”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

• aurella (medieval)

Inherited from Old Catalan oreyla~oreylla~orella, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈɾɛ.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [oˈɾə.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oˈɾe.ʎa]

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orella f (plural orelles)

1. (anatomy) ear

• eixorellar

• “orella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “orella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “orella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “orella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• orelha (reintegrationist spelling)
• ourella

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese orelha~orella, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾeʎa̝/

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orella f (plural orellas)

1. (anatomy) ear
2. Galician sweet fritters typically consumed during Shrovetide
3. mouldboard

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “orella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “orella”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “orella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “orella”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “orella”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• orelha (Old Portuguese)

13th century. From Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾeʎa/

orella f (plural orellas)

1. (Old Galician, anatomy) ear
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 540:

     todo esto me entra per hũa orella et me sal perla outra

     all this comes to me by one ear and out the other

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “orella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “orella”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega