Etymology of the French word oreille
the French word
oreillederived from the Latin word
auricula (external ear; ear; sense of hearing)
derived from the Late Latin word
auris (ear; hearing; a discriminating sense of hearing)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ous-Date
The earliest known usage of oreille in French dates from the 10th century.
Derivations in French
essoriller,
oreillette,
orillon,
oreillard,
oreiller,
oreillon,
cure-oreille,
pince-oreille,
perce-oreille,
tourne-oreilleCognates
Catalan
aurella, Danish
öre, Dutch
aar, Dutch
oor, English
ear, German
Ähre, German
Ohr, German
Öhr, Gothic
auso, Icelandic
ax, Icelandic
eyra, Italian
orecchio, Italian
orecchia, Latin
auris, Nynorsk
öyra, Portuguese
orelha, Provençal
aurelha, Riksmal
öre, Spanish
oreja, Swedish
ax, Swedish
öra, Yiddish
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