dog-ear

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡɪə/
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• General-American: /ˈdɔɡˌɪ(ə)ɹ/
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• General-American: /ˈdɑɡ-/
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The noun is a variant of dog's-ear, from dog + -’s + ear, due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs. The verb is either: * directly from dog + ear; * a back-formation from dog-eared; or * a variant of dog's-ear (verb).

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: oslí ucho — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Danish: æseløre — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Faroese: hundsoyra — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Finnish: hiirenkorva — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Finnish: koirankorva — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• French: corne — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• German: Eselsohr — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Hungarian: szamárfül — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Italian: orecchietta — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Japanese: ドッグイア (doggu ia) — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Norwegian Bokmål: eseløre — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eseløyra — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eseløyre — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Polish: ośle ucho — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Portuguese: orelha — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Slovak: somárske uši — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Spanish: doblez — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Swedish: hundöra — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Tagalog: luping — folded corner of the page of a book or other publication
• Finnish: taittaa hiirenkorvalle — to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)
• Finnish: taittaa sivun kulma — to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)
• French: corner — to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)
• Hungarian: behajtja a sarkát — to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)
• Hungarian: szamárfület hajlít/csinál — to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)
• Hungarian: szamárfülez — to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)
• Portuguese: fazer orelha — to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)