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øre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ear noun The organ used for hearing, including the visible outer part and the internal structures that detect sound.
  • en noun A printing and typography unit of measurement equal to half the width of an em, roughly the width of the letter "n" in a given typeface.

Senses

øre is used for these senses in English:

  • en When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). Usually, the verb is ergative, sometimes not. The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, strengthen, in which case the verb means roughly, "to give (noun) to", or "to become like (noun)".

ear — full definition

  1. noun The organ used for hearing, including the visible outer part and the internal structures that detect sound.
  2. noun A natural talent or trained sense for recognising sound, especially in music or language.
  3. noun Willing attention; the state of being listened to.
  4. noun The seed-bearing head of a cereal plant such as wheat or corn.

en — full definition

  1. noun A printing and typography unit of measurement equal to half the width of an em, roughly the width of the letter "n" in a given typeface.
  2. noun The name of the letter N in the Latin alphabet.

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