French

Noun

oreille f ‎(plural oreilles)

1. ear

Synonyms

• (informal) esgourde, feuille

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French oreille, from Vulgar Latin oricla, from Latin auricula, diminutive of auris.

Noun

oreille f (plural oreilles)

1. ear

Descendants

• French: oreille

Norman

Alternative forms

• orêle (continental Normandy)
• ouothelle (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French oreille, from Vulgar Latin oricla, from Latin auricula, diminutive of auris ‎(“ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

Noun

oreille f ‎(plural oreilles)

1. (Guernsey, anatomy) ear

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin oricla, from Latin auricula, diminutive of auris. First recorded circa 1050 in the Oxford manuscript of La Chanson de Roland^[1].

Noun

oreille f ‎(oblique plural oreilles, nominative singular oreille, nominative plural oreilles)

1. ear

Descendants

• Middle French: oreille
  • French: oreille
• Norman: orêle (continental Normandy), oreille (Guernsey), ouothelle (Jersey)
• Walloon: oraye

References

1. ↑ (fr)(de) auricula in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)