# orella
## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* urella

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈɾeʎa/
* Rhymes: -eʎa
* Syllabification: o‧re‧lla

### Noun

orella f
* (anatomy) ear

### References

* “oreja”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* aurella (medieval)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan oreyla~oreylla~orella, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [uˈɾɛ.ʎə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [oˈɾə.ʎə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [oˈɾe.ʎa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

orella f (plural orelles)
* (anatomy) ear

#### Derived terms

* a cau d'orella
* orella d'ase
* orella de gat
* orella de llebre
* orella de rata
* orellada
* orellana
* orellera
* orelleta
* orelló
* orellut

#### Related terms

* eixorellar

### References

* “orella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “orella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “orella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “orella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* orelha (reintegrationist spelling)
* ourella

### Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese orelha~orella, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈɾeʎa̝/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

orella f (plural orellas)
* (anatomy) ear
* Galician sweet fritters typically consumed during Shrovetide
* mouldboard

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “orella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “orella”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “orella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “orella”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “orella”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* orelha (Portugal)

### Etymology

13th century. From Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈɾeʎa/

### Noun

orella f (plural orellas)
* (Galicia, anatomy) ear
** 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 540:todo esto me entra per hũa orella et me sal perla outraall this comes to me by one ear and out the other

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “orella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “orella”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega