hear

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɪə/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈhɪɚ/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈhɪɹ̩]
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian: /ˈhiː/
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• /ˈhiːə/ Western Australia, Queensland
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• /hɪə/ Western Australia, Queensland
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• /-ɐ/ Western Australia, Queensland
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• Wales: /hjɜː/
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• New-Zealand: /hiə/
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• Scotland: /hiːɹ/
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• /hɛː/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
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• /heː(ɹ)/ Caribbean, cheer–chair merger
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• rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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• homophone: here
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• homophone: hir
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• homophone: hair
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• homophone: hare (both cheer–chair merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: HH IY1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h2ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h2ḱh2owsyéti Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan Old English hīeran Middle English heren English hear From Middle English har, heoren, her, here, heren, from Old English hēran, hīeran, hīran, hȳran (“to hear”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2ḱh2owsyéti (“to be sharp-eared”), from *h2eḱ- (“sharp”) + *h2ows- (“ear”) + *-yéti (denominative suffix). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian hear, hiar, hiir, hiire (“to hear”), Saterland Frisian heere, here (“to hear”), West Frisian hearre (“to hear”), Bavarian hearn (“to hear”), Central Franconian hüre (“to hear”), Cimbrian hòrran, höarn (“to hear”), Dutch horen (“to hear”), German and Low German hören (“to hear”), Luxembourgish héieren (“to hear”), Yiddish הערן (hern, “to hear”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høre (“to hear”), Elfdalian ära (“to hear”), Faroese hoyra (“to hear”), Icelandic heyra (“to hear”), Norwegian Nynorsk haur, høra, høre, høyra, høyre (“to hear”), Swedish höra (“to hear”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hausjan, “to hear”); also Greek ακούγω (akoúgo), ακούω (akoúo, “to hear”), Italiot Greek κούω (koúo, “to hear”), Tocharian B āks- (“to awaken”).

315 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аҳара (aḥara) — to perceive with the ear
• Acehnese: deungo — to perceive with the ear
• Afar: oobbe — to perceive with the ear
• Afrikaans: hoor — to perceive with the ear
• Akan: te — to perceive with the ear
• Aklanon: dungog — to perceive with the ear
• Albanian: dëgjon — to perceive with the ear
• Gheg Albanian: ni — to perceive with the ear
• Ambonese Malay: dangar — to perceive with the ear
• Amharic: ሰማ (säma) — to perceive with the ear
• Arabic: سَمِعَ (samiʕa) — to perceive with the ear
• Arabic: سمع (simiʕ) — to perceive with the ear
• Arabic: سْمع (sməʕ) — to perceive with the ear
• Armenian: լսել (lsel) — to perceive with the ear
• Aromanian: avdu (roa-rup) — to perceive with the ear
• Assamese: শুন (xun) — to perceive with the ear
• Asturian: oyer — to perceive with the ear
• Azerbaijani: eşitmək — to perceive with the ear
• Bashkir: ишетеү (işetew) — to perceive with the ear
• Basque: entzun — to perceive with the ear
• Belarusian: чуць (čucʹ) — to perceive with the ear
• Belarusian: учу́ць (učúcʹ) — to perceive with the ear
• Belarusian: ўчуць (wčucʹ) — to perceive with the ear
• Belizean Creole: hyaa — to perceive with the ear
• Bengali: শোনা (śōna) — to perceive with the ear
• Bhojpuri: सुनल (sunal) — to perceive with the ear
• Breton: kleved — to perceive with the ear
• Bulgarian: чу́вам (čúvam) — to perceive with the ear
• Burmese: ကြား (kra:) — to perceive with the ear
• Catalan: sentir — to perceive with the ear
• Catalan: oir — to perceive with the ear
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⵍⵍ (sll) — to perceive with the ear
• Chechen: хаза (xaza) — to perceive with the ear
• Cherokee: ᎠᏛᎩᎠ (advgia) — to perceive with the ear
• Chinese Cantonese: 聽到 /听到 — to perceive with the ear
• Chinese: 聽著 /听着 (thian-tio̍h) — to perceive with the ear
• Chinese Mandarin: 聽 /听 — to perceive with the ear
• Ndzwani Comorian: ukia — to perceive with the ear
• Atikamekw: petam — to perceive with the ear
• Crimean Tatar: eşitmek — to perceive with the ear
• Crimean Tatar: tuymaq — to perceive with the ear
• Czech: slyšet — to perceive with the ear
• Danish: høre — to perceive with the ear
• Dutch: horen — to perceive with the ear
• Egyptian: s-D:F21-m (sḏm) — to perceive with the ear
• Enga: singi — to perceive with the ear
• Esperanto: aŭdi — to perceive with the ear
• Estonian: kuulma — to perceive with the ear
• Evenki: до̄лды̄мӣ (dōldīmī) — to perceive with the ear
• Faroese: hoyra — to perceive with the ear
• Fataluku: vari — to perceive with the ear
• Finnish: kuulla — to perceive with the ear
• French: entendre — to perceive with the ear
• Old French: entendre — to perceive with the ear
• North Frisian: hiar — to perceive with the ear
• North Frisian: hiire — to perceive with the ear
• West-Frisian: hearre — to perceive with the ear
• Friulian: sintî — to perceive with the ear
• Friulian: uldî — to perceive with the ear
• Galician: oír — to perceive with the ear
• Galician: ouvir — to perceive with the ear
• Galician: sentir — to perceive with the ear
• Ge'ez: ሰምዐ (sämʿä) — to perceive with the ear
• Georgian: სმენა (smena) — to perceive with the ear
• Georgian: გაგონება (gagoneba) — to perceive with the ear
• German: hören — to perceive with the ear
• German: ghööre — to perceive with the ear
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hausjan) — to perceive with the ear
• Greek: ακούω (akoúo) — to perceive with the ear
• Ancient Greek: ἀκούω (akoúō) — to perceive with the ear
• Ancient Greek: κλύω (klúō) — to perceive with the ear
• Ancient Greek: ἀΐω (aḯō) — to perceive with the ear
• Mariupol Greek: грику́ (hrikú) — to perceive with the ear
• Hawaiian: lohe — to perceive with the ear
• Hebrew: שָׁמַע (shamá') — to perceive with the ear
• Higaonon: paliman — to perceive with the ear
• Hindi: सुनना (sunnā) — to perceive with the ear
• White Hmong: hnov — to perceive with the ear
• Hungarian: hall — to perceive with the ear
• Ibanag: ginna — to perceive with the ear
• Icelandic: heyra — to perceive with the ear
• Ido: audar — to perceive with the ear
• Indonesian: dengar — to perceive with the ear
• Ingush: хаза (xaza) — to perceive with the ear
• Interlingua: audir — to perceive with the ear
• Irish: clois — to perceive with the ear
• Irish: cluin — to perceive with the ear
• Irish: airigh — to perceive with the ear
• Isnag: xina — to perceive with the ear
• Istro-Romanian: avzi — to perceive with the ear
• Italian: sentire — to perceive with the ear
• Italian: udire — to perceive with the ear
• Japanese: 聞く (kiku) — to perceive with the ear
• Japanese: 伺う (ukagau) — to perceive with the ear
• Kambera: rongu — to perceive with the ear
• Kambera: rongung — to perceive with the ear
• Kannada: ಕೇಳು (kēḷu) — to perceive with the ear
• S'gaw Karen: နၢ်ဟူ (na̱ hoo) — to perceive with the ear
• Kashmiri: بوزُن (bōzun) — to perceive with the ear
• Kashubian: czëc — to perceive with the ear
• Kazakh: есту (estu) — to perceive with the ear
• Khmer: ឮ (lɨɨ) — to perceive with the ear
• Khmer: ស្ដាប់ឮ (sdap lɨɨ) — to perceive with the ear
• Korean: 듣다 (deutda) — to perceive with the ear
• Kumyk: эшитмек (eşitmek) — to perceive with the ear
• Central Kurdish: بیستن (bîstin) — to perceive with the ear
• Northern Kurdish: bîstin — to perceive with the ear
• Northern Kurdish: guh lê bûn — to perceive with the ear
• Kyrgyz: угуу (uguu) — to perceive with the ear
• Lao: ໄດ້ຍິນ (dn) — to perceive with the ear
• Latgalian: dzierdēt — to perceive with the ear
• Latgalian: izdzierst — to perceive with the ear
• Latin: audio — to perceive with the ear
• Latvian: dzirdēt — to perceive with the ear
• Lithuanian: girdėti — to perceive with the ear
• Livonian: kūlõ — to perceive with the ear
• Luxembourgish: héieren — to perceive with the ear
• Macedonian: слуша (sluša) — to perceive with the ear
• Macedonian: слушне (slušne) — to perceive with the ear
• Macedonian: чуе (čue) — to perceive with the ear
• Makasae: wali — to perceive with the ear
• Malay: dengar — to perceive with the ear
• Brunei Malay: dangar — to perceive with the ear
• Malayalam: കേൾക്കുക (kēḷkkuka) — to perceive with the ear
• Maltese: sama’ — to perceive with the ear
• Manchu: ᡩᠣᠨᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (donjimbi) — to perceive with the ear
• Mansaka: dungug — to perceive with the ear
• Manx: clin — to perceive with the ear
• Māori: oko — to perceive with the ear
• Māori: rongo — to perceive with the ear
• Māori: hakiri (Indistinctly) — to perceive with the ear
• Marathi: ऐकणे (aikṇe) — to perceive with the ear
• Mongolian: дуулах (duulax) — to perceive with the ear
• Mongolian: сонсох (sonsox) — to perceive with the ear
• Mwani: kusikira — to perceive with the ear
• Nahuatl: caqui — to perceive with the ear
• Classical Nahuatl: caqui — to perceive with the ear
• Nanai: долди- (dolʒi-) — to perceive with the ear
• Norman: ouï — to perceive with the ear
• Norwegian Bokmål: høre — to perceive with the ear
• Norwegian Nynorsk: høyra — to perceive with the ear
• Occitan: ausir — to perceive with the ear
• Odia: ଶୁଣିବା (śuṇibā) — to perceive with the ear
• Church Slavic: слꙑшати (slyšati) — to perceive with the ear
• Old East Slavic: слꙑшати (slyšati) — to perceive with the ear
• Old English: ġehīeran — to perceive with the ear
• Old Norse: hǫra — to perceive with the ear
• Old Norse: heyra — to perceive with the ear
• Old Saxon: horian — to perceive with the ear
• Oromo: dhaga'uu — to perceive with the ear
• Pannonian Rusyn: чуц (čuc) — to perceive with the ear
• Pannonian Rusyn: учуц (učuc) — to perceive with the ear
• Pashto: اورول (awrawəl) — to perceive with the ear
• Pennsylvania German: heere — to perceive with the ear
• Iranian Persian: شِنیدَن (šenidan) — to perceive with the ear
• Iranian Persian: شُنیدَن (šonidan) — to perceive with the ear
• Pipil: kaki — to perceive with the ear
• Pipil: caqui — to perceive with the ear
• Polabian: slåisot — to perceive with the ear
• Polish: słyszeć — to perceive with the ear
• Polish: usłyszeć — to perceive with the ear
• Portuguese: ouvir — to perceive with the ear
• Quechua: uyariy — to perceive with the ear
• Quechua: uyay — to perceive with the ear
• Quechua: uyarii — to perceive with the ear
• Quechua: wiyai — to perceive with the ear
• Rapa Nui: ngaro'a — to perceive with the ear
• Rendille: dag — to perceive with the ear
• Romanian: auzi — to perceive with the ear
• Romansh: udir — to perceive with the ear
• Russian: слы́шать (slýšatʹ) — to perceive with the ear
• Russian: услы́шать (uslýšatʹ) — to perceive with the ear
• Saho: oobbe — to perceive with the ear
• Sanskrit: श्रु (śru) — to perceive with the ear
• Sanskrit: शृणोति (śṛṇoti) — to perceive with the ear
• Sardinian: intèndhere — to perceive with the ear
• Sardinian: intendi — to perceive with the ear
• Sardinian: intèndiri — to perceive with the ear
• Sardinian: intènnere — to perceive with the ear
• Scottish Gaelic: cluinn — to perceive with the ear
• Serbo-Croatian: чу̏ти — to perceive with the ear
• Serbo-Croatian: слу̏шати — to perceive with the ear
• Serbo-Croatian: čȕti — to perceive with the ear
• Serbo-Croatian: slȕšati — to perceive with the ear
• Shan: ငိၼ် (ngǐn) — to perceive with the ear
• Shan: ယိၼ်း (yín) — to perceive with the ear
• Shan: ၺိၼ် (nyǐn) — to perceive with the ear
• Sicilian: sintiri — to perceive with the ear
• Sicilian: sèntiri — to perceive with the ear
• Sinhalese: ඇසෙනවා (æsenawā) — to perceive with the ear
• Slovak: čuť — to perceive with the ear
• Slovak: počuť — to perceive with the ear
• Slovene: slišati — to perceive with the ear
• Somali: maqlid — to perceive with the ear
• Lower Sorbian: słyšaś — to perceive with the ear
• Upper Sorbian: słyšeć — to perceive with the ear
• Spanish: oír — to perceive with the ear
• Sranan Tongo: arki — to perceive with the ear
• Swedish: höra — to perceive with the ear
• Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠘꠣ (huna) — to perceive with the ear
• Tagalog: marinig — to perceive with the ear
• Tagalog: makarinig — to perceive with the ear
• Tahitian: faʻaroʻo — to perceive with the ear
• Tajik: шунидан (šunidan) — to perceive with the ear
• Tamil: கேள் (kēḷ) — to perceive with the ear
• Tatar: ишетергә (işetergä) — to perceive with the ear
• Tausug: dungug — to perceive with the ear
• Telugu: విను (vinu) — to perceive with the ear
• Tetum: rona — to perceive with the ear
• Thai: ได้ยิน (dâi-yin) — to perceive with the ear
• Tibetan: ཁོ (kho) — to perceive with the ear
• Tibetan: གསན (gsan) — to perceive with the ear
• Tocharian B: klyaus- — to perceive with the ear
• Tok Pisin: harim — to perceive with the ear
• Turkish: işitmek — to perceive with the ear
• Turkish: duymak — to perceive with the ear
• Turkmen: eşitmek — to perceive with the ear
• Tuvan: дыңнаар (dıñnaar) — to perceive with the ear
• Tuvan: дыңнап каар (dıñnap kaar) — to perceive with the ear
• Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎𐎓 (šmʿ) — to perceive with the ear
• Ukrainian: чу́ти (čúty) — to perceive with the ear
• Ukrainian: почу́ти (počúty) — to perceive with the ear
• Urdu: سُنْنا (sunnā) — to perceive with the ear
• Uyghur: ئاڭلىماق (anglimaq) — to perceive with the ear
• Uyghur: ئىشىتمەك (ishitmek) — to perceive with the ear
• Uzbek: eshitmoq — to perceive with the ear
• Uzbek: eshitib qolmoq — to perceive with the ear
• Venetan: sentir — to perceive with the ear
• Vietnamese: nghe — to perceive with the ear
• Walloon: ôre — to perceive with the ear
• Walloon: oyî — to perceive with the ear
• Walloon: etinde — to perceive with the ear
• Welsh: clywed — to perceive with the ear
• Woiwurrung: ngarrnka — to perceive with the ear
• Yiddish: הערן (hern) — to perceive with the ear
• Yurok: kom' — to perceive with the ear
• Yurok: ko'moyok' — to perceive with the ear
• Zealandic: 'ore — to perceive with the ear
• Zhuang: ndaejnyi — to perceive with the ear
• ǃKung: s'aː — to perceive with the ear
• ǃXóõ: ta̰ã — to perceive with the ear
• Western Apache: yidits’įh — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Arabic: سَمِع (samiʕ) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Bashkir: ишетеү (işetew) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Basque: entzun — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Basque: aditu — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Belarusian: чуць (čucʹ) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Bulgarian: чу́вам (čúvam) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Catalan: sentir — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Chinese Mandarin: 聽見 /听见 (tīngjiàn) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Maore Comorian: ukia — to perceive sounds through the ear
• French: entendre — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Galician: ouvir — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Galician: sentir — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Galician: oír — to perceive sounds through the ear
• German: hören — to perceive sounds through the ear
• German: lose — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hausjan) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Ancient Greek: ἀκούω (akoúō) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Hebrew: שָׁמַע (shamá') — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Indonesian: dengar — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Italian: udire — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Italian: sentire — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Kabuverdianu: obi — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Kabuverdianu: uví — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Māori: oko — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Māori: rongo — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Māori: hakiri (Indistinctly) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Marathi: ऐकणे (aikṇe) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Old English: ġehīeran — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Ossetian: хъусын (qusyn) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Pennsylvania German: heere — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Polish: słyszeć — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Portuguese: ouvir — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Romanian: auzi — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Russian: слы́шать (slýšatʹ) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Sanskrit: शृणोति (śṛṇoti) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Serbo-Croatian: слу̏шати — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Serbo-Croatian: slȕšati — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Spanish: oír — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Swedish: höra — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠘꠣ (huna) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Tagalog: marinig — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Tocharian B: klyaus- — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Turkish: işitmek — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Turkish: duymak — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎𐎓 (šmʿ) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Ukrainian: чу́ти (čúty) — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Yámana: muS — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Yámana: mara — to perceive sounds through the ear
• Bulgarian: узна́вам (uznávam) — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Catalan: aprendre — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Chinese Mandarin: 聽聞 /听闻 (tīngwén) — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Dutch: horen — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Esperanto: aŭdi — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• French: apprendre — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• French: entendre — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• French: ouïr dire — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Italian: conoscere — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Italian: venire a conoscenza — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Italian: venire a sapere — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Kabuverdianu: obi — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Kabuverdianu: uví — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Latin: rescisco — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Marathi: कानावर पडणे (kānāvar paḍṇe) — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Portuguese: ouvir falar — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Portuguese: ficar sabendo — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Romanian: auzi — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Slovak: počuť o — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Spanish: oir — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Spanish: escuchar — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Spanish: aprender — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Spanish: enterarse — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Tagalog: marinig — To receive information about; to come to learn of
• Tamil: கேள்விப்படு (kēḷvippaṭu) — To receive information about; to come to learn of