🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

condotto uditivo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /konˈdɔt.to u.diˈti.vo/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Earhole/ˈɪə.hoʊl/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ha sentito un fastidio nel condotto uditivo."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The external opening of the ear or the external acoustic meatus.

    "He plugged his finger into his earhole to block out the loud construction noise."
  2. 2

    An informal or slang term for the ear itself.

    "Keep your earholes open and listen carefully to the instructions."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a compound formed from the Old English nouns 'ēare' (meaning ear, derived from Proto-Germanic *au-n-) and 'hol' (meaning hole or hollow, derived from Proto-Germanic *hula-). It has been used informally in English since the late Middle English period to describe the external opening of the ear canal.

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