earwax

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• General-American: /ˈiɹ.wæks/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH1 R W AE2 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IY1 R W AE2 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English erewax, from ere + wax. Equivalent to ear + wax.

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Acehnese: èk geulunyueng — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Afar: qokká — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Afrikaans: oorsmeer — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Albanian: dyllë i veshit — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Apatani: ruhi — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Arabic: صِمْلَاخ (ṣimlāḵ) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Arabic: شَمْع اَلْأُذْن (šamʕ al-ʔuḏn) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Arabic: شمع الودن (šamʕ el-wedn) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Aranadan: ചെങ്ങനെ (ceŋŋane) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Arikara: atkaraačiísuʾ — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Assamese: কণামাকৰি (konamakori) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Assamese: কানৰ মলি (kanor moli) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Bashkir: сайыр (sayır) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Belarusian: вушна́я се́ра (vušnája sjéra) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Bengali: কানের খৈল (kaner khōil) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Central Bikol: tuli — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Bulgarian: ушна кал (ušna kal) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Catalan: cerumen — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Catalan: cera de les orelles — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Chinese Cantonese: 耳屎 (ji5 si2) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Chinese Cantonese: 耳垢 (ji5 gau3) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Chinese Cantonese: 耵聹 /耵聍 (ding1 ning4) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Chinese Mandarin: 耳屎 (ěrshǐ) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Chinese Mandarin: 耳垢 (ěrgòu) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Chinese Mandarin: 耵聹 /耵聍 (dīngníng) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Cree: ᒥᐢᑭᐦᑌᑯᒼ (miskihtekom) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Czech: ušní maz — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Danish: ørevoks — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Deori: akun chokora — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Dhivehi: ކަންފަތުގައި މަޑުލުން (kan̊fatugai maḍulun̊) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Dimasa: khamao khee — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Dutch: oorsmeer — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Dutch: cerumen — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Erzya: пилеой (pileoj) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Esperanto: orelvakso — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Esperanto: cerumeno — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Estonian: vaik — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Estonian: kõrvavaik — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Finnish: vaikku — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Finnish: korvavaha — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• French: cérumen — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Galician: cerume — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Georgian: ყურის ცვილი (q̇uris cvili) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• German: Ohrenschmalz — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• German: Zerumen — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Greek: κυψελίδα (kypselída) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Greek: κερί (kerí) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Gujarati: કાન મીણ (kān mīṇ) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hawaiian: kokuli — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hindi: ठेक (ṭhek) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hindi: खोंठ (khõṭh) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hindi: खूँट (khū̃ṭ) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hindi: कान का मैल (kān kā mail) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hindi: खुँट (khũṭ) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hindi: कनोई (kanoī) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hindi: कर्णमल (karṇamal) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hindi: पेंजूष (peñjūṣ) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hindi: पिंजूष (piñjūṣ) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hindi: कार्ण (kārṇ) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hindi: तोक्म (tokma) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hindi: ठेँठी (ṭhẽṭhī) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hindi: कर्णागूथ (karṇāgūth) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Hungarian: fülzsír — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Icelandic: eyrnamergur — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Ido: cerumeno — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Ingush: боалоз (boaloz) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Irish: céir chluaise — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Italian: cerume — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Japanese: 耳垢 — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Japanese: 耳糞 (mimikuso) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Japanese: 耳屎 (mimikuso) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Japanese: 耳垢 (mimiaka) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Japanese: 耳ん垢 (mimingo) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Kankanaey: tueng — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Kankanaey: luek — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Khmer: អាចម៍ត្រចៀក (ach tro jeak) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Korean: 귀지 (gwiji) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Korean: 귀에지 (gwieji) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Latvian: sērs — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Latvian: auss sērs — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Lü: ᦃᦲᧉᦠᦴ (ẋii2ḣuu) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Luxembourgish: Ouereschmalz — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Macedonian: ушна маст (ušna mast) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Malay: tahi telinga — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Malayalam: ചെവിക്കായം (cevikkāyaṁ) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Malecite-Passamaquoddy: qaqalokossawon — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Manchu: ᡥᡡᠰᡠᡵᡳ (hūsuri) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Māori: taeturi — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Māori: tāturi — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Mokilese: pwije — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Moksha: пилевай (pilevaj) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Classical Nahuatl: nacazcuitlatl — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Classical Nahuatl: nacazcuihcuitlatl — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Nepali: काने गुजी (kāne gujī) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Norwegian Bokmål: ørevoks — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Norwegian Nynorsk: øyrevoks — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Occitan: cerumèn — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Old English: drōsne — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Old English: drōsna — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Pangasinan: olilek — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Polish: woskowina — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Polish: woszczyna — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Portuguese: cera de ouvido — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Portuguese: cera — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Quechua: rinri wira — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Russian: ушна́я се́ра (ušnája séra) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Sanskrit: कर्णमल (karṇamala) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Sanskrit: पेञ्जूष (peñjūṣa) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Sanskrit: पिञ्जूष (piñjūṣa) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Sanskrit: तोक्म (tokma) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Santali: ᱮᱲᱜᱳᱫ (eṛgot’) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Scottish Gaelic: cèir-chluaise — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Serbo-Croatian: ушна маст (ušna mast) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Serbo-Croatian: слих (slih) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Sinhalese: කන්කලාඳුරු (kankalānduru) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Sinhalese: කනේ කලාඳුරු (kanē kalānduru) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Somali: cukey — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Lower Sorbian: taług z wucha — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Upper Sorbian: wuchowy šmałc — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Spanish: cerumen — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Spanish: cerilla — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Spanish: cera — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Spanish: cera de los oídos — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Swahili: nta za sikio — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Swedish: öronvax — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Tagalog: tutuli — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Tajik: чирки гӯш (čirk-i güš) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Tamil: குறும்பி (kuṟumpi) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Lower Tanana: -dziluda' — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Telugu: గులిమి (gulimi) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Thai: ขี้หู (kîi-hǔu) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Tibetan: རྣ་སྤགས (rna spags) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Tibetan: རྣ་སྤབས (rna spabs) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Tibetan: རྣ་སྦངས (rna sbangs) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Ukrainian: вушна́ сі́ра (vušná síra) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Vietnamese: ráy — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Vietnamese: ráy tai — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Vietnamese: cứt ráy — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Welsh: cŵyr clustiau — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Yakut: кулугу (kulugu) — waxy substance secreted by the ear
• Yakut: кулгаах кулугута (kulgaaq kuluguta) — waxy substance secreted by the ear