noun
Meaning 1
A pendant for the ear; an earring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drop earring
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
eardrop
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noun
Meaning 2
A plant of the genus Ehrendorferia in the family Papaveraceae, native to California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Alternative form of ear drop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, in-plural
Qualifier: pharmacy
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
an earring with a pendant ornament
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pendant earring, drop earring
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: earring
History
Etymology
From ear + drop.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: капки за уши (kapki za uši) — medicine
- Chinese Mandarin: 滴耳劑 /滴耳剂 (dī'ěrjì) — medicine
- Chinese Mandarin: 滴耳液 (dī'ěryè) — medicine
- Finnish: korvatippa — medicine
- Hungarian: fülcsepp — medicine
- Russian: ушны́е ка́пли (ušnýje kápli) — medicine
- Afrikaans: oorkrabbetjie — pendant for the ear
- Afrikaans: oorhanger — pendant for the ear
- Afrikaans: oorbel — pendant for the ear
- Bulgarian: висяща обица (visjašta obica) — pendant for the ear
- Chinese Cantonese: 耳環 /耳环 — pendant for the ear
- Hakka Chinese: 耳環 /耳环 (ngí-vàn) — pendant for the ear
- Chinese: 耳鉤 /耳钩 (zh-min-nan) — pendant for the ear
- Chinese: 耳環 /耳环 (hīn-khoân, hī-khoân) — pendant for the ear
- Chinese Mandarin: 耳環 /耳环 (ěrhuán) — pendant for the ear
- Finnish: korvakoru — pendant for the ear
- Māori: kapeu — pendant for the ear
- Russian: серьга́-подве́ска (serʹgá-podvéska) — pendant for the ear