Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Assisting the sense of hearing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A kind of ear trumpet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: none provided
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2ṓws Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs) Ancient Greek ὠτ- (ōt-)der. English ot- Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *h2ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h2ḱh2owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic English otacoustic From ot- + acoustic.
