öra

öra n

1. indefinite genitive plural of ör (“scar”)

• ör (dialectal)

From Old Swedish ø̄ra, from Old Norse eyra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

• IPA^(key): /²øːra/, [²œ̞ːra]

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öra n

1. (anatomy) ear; the part of the body used to hear
2. ear; the handle of a cup, designed not to get warm when a hot liquid is poured in to the cup

• The plural öron is used at the start of compounds.
• In informal usage, the definite plural may also take the form örona, öronas.

• dra öronen åt sig
• små grytor har också öron
• stå på örat
• vara idel öra
• vara på örat

• öra in Svensk ordbok.

• öar