auricle

English

Etymology

From Latin auricula (“the external ear”), diminutive of auris (“the ear”). Doublet of auricula.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.ɹɪk.əl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹ.ək.əl/

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• Homophone: oracle (in accents with the weak-vowel merger)

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Noun

auricle (plural auricles)

1. (biology) Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.
   1. (anatomy) The outer ear or pinna.

      Synonyms: pinna, pavilion

2. (anatomy) Synonym of atrium.
   1. (anatomy) An anterior ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the human heart.

Derived terms

• auricled
• postauricle
• retroauricle

 

Related terms

• auricula
• auricular
• auriculo-

Translations

appendage in the shape of an earlobe

• Catalan: aurícula (ca) f
• Finnish: korvake (fi)
• Portuguese: aurícula f
• Spanish: aurícula (es) f

outer ear — see pinna

an ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the heart

• Bulgarian: сърдечно ухо (sǎrdečno uho)
• Catalan: aurícula (ca) f
• Czech: ouško (cs) n
• Finnish: sydänkorvake
• Hungarian: fülcse
• Ido: aurikulo (io)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: perê guhê m

• Polish: uszko (pl) n
• Portuguese: aurícula f
• Tagalog: silid-anuran

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} orecchietta (it) (1), ^{(please verify)} padiglione (it) (2), ^{(please verify)} auricola (it) (1,4)

References

• “auricle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “auricle”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• ciruela