hear
Part of speech: verb
intj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
law
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: 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 heren, from Old English hīeran (“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 Saterland Frisian heere (“to hear”), West Frisian hearre (“to hear”), Dutch horen (“to hear”), German hören (“to hear”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høre (“to hear”), Norwegian Nynorsk høyra (“to hear”), Swedish höra (“to hear”), Icelandic heyra (“to hear”), Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”).
Inflected forms:
form: hears
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hearing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: heard
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: heard
pos: verb
tags: past
form: heare
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: 'ear
pos: verb
tags: alternative
pronunciation-spelling
form: heare
pos: intj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: 'ear
pos: intj
tags: alternative
pronunciation-spelling
Senses:
gloss: To perceive sounds through the ear.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
stative
examples: I was deaf, but now I can hear.
gloss: To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
pos: verb
tags: stative
transitive
examples: I could hear them quarreling upstairs, but didn’t really listen to their argument.
Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
gloss: To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Agayne there was dissencion amonge the iewes for these sayinges, and many of them sayd: He hath the devyll, and is madde: why heare ye hym?
It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”
gloss: To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Eventually the king chose to hear her entreaties.
gloss: To receive information about; to come to learn of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Adam, soon as he heard / The fatal Trespass don by Eve, amaz'd, / Astonied stood and Blank […]
gloss: To be contacted by.
pos: verb
examples: I haven't heard from you in a while; how have you been?
When I don't hear from you, My days feel long and lonely.
They're ten hours overdue. Have you heard from any of them since they left Nineveh?
She left and I never heard from her again.
gloss: To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Your case will be heard at the end of the month.
gloss: To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: You're tired of all the ads on TV? I hear ya.
gloss: To study under.
pos: verb
tags: Greek
transitive
examples: SPHÆRUS was of Bosphorus, he first heard Zeno, then Cleanthes, and having made a sufficient progresse in learning, went to Alexandria to Ptolomy Philopater […]
Ammonius, the teacher of both Simplicius and Philoponus, tells us how Julian gave a ruling […] in favor of Maximus, who had heard Iamblichus, and followed him and Porphyry (in An. Pr. 31,15–22).
Charmadas, never actually Head of School but a prominent Academic who had himself heard Carneades, was prepared to teach Plato’s Gorgias […]
gloss: you hear me
pos: intj
examples: Y'all come back now, hear?
Synonyms: hear
Antonyms: mishear
cock a deaf 'un
turn a deaf ear
Related words: audible
deaf
listen
ear
Derived words: another county heard from
behear
children should be seen and not heard
could hear a pin drop
forehear
hard of hearing
hark
hearability
hearable
hear both sides
hearer
hear from
hear hear
hearie
hearing aid
hear me out
hear of
hear oneself think
hear on the grapevine
hear out
hearsay
hearsome
hear tell
hear the end of it
hear the grass grow
hear the last of
hear things
hear-through
hear through the grapevine
hear voices
hear what I'm saying
hear ye
I can't hear you over the sound of
I hear you say
I've never heard it called that before
last I heard
let's hear it for someone
long time no hear
mishear
now hear this
now I've heard everything
one could hear a pin drop
outhear
overhear
rehear
shot heard round the world
shot heard 'round the world
so quiet one can hear a pin drop
so quiet one could hear a pin drop
so quiet you can hear a pin drop
the last I heard
there are none so deaf as those who will not hear
unhear
you hear me
you hear what I'm saying
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: аҳара
roman: aḥara
lang: Acehnese
word: deungo
lang: Afar
word: oobbe
lang: Afrikaans
word: hoor
lang: Akan
word: te
lang: Aklanon
word: dungog
lang: Albanian
word: dëgjon
lang: Gheg Albanian
word: ni
lang: Ambonese Malay
word: dangar
lang: Amharic
word: ሰማ
roman: säma
lang: Arabic
word: سَمِعَ
roman: samiʕa
lang: Arabic
word: سمع
roman: simiʕ
lang: Arabic
word: سْمع
roman: sməʕ
lang: Armenian
word: լսել
roman: lsel
lang: Aromanian
word: avdu (roa-rup)
lang: Assamese
word: শুন
roman: xun
lang: Asturian
word: oyer
lang: Azerbaijani
word: eşitmək
lang: Bashkir
word: ишетеү
roman: işetew
lang: Basque
word: entzun
lang: Belarusian
word: чуць
roman: čucʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: учу́ць
roman: učúcʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: ўчуць
roman: wčucʹ
lang: Belizean Creole
word: hyaa
lang: Bengali
word: শোনা
roman: śōna
lang: Bhojpuri
word: सुनल
roman: sunal
lang: Breton
word: kleved
lang: Bulgarian
word: чу́вам
roman: čúvam
lang: Burmese
word: ကြား
roman: kra:
lang: Catalan
word: sentir
lang: Catalan
word: oir
lang: Central Atlas Tamazight
word: ⵙⵍⵍ
roman: sll
lang: Chechen
word: хаза
roman: xaza
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᏛᎩᎠ
roman: advgia
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 聽到 /听到
lang: Chinese
word: 聽著 /听着
roman: thiaⁿ-tio̍h
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 聽見 /听见
roman: tīngjiàn
lang: Ndzwani Comorian
word: ukia
lang: Atikamekw
word: petam
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: eşitmek
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: tuymaq
lang: Czech
word: slyšet
lang: Danish
word: høre
lang: Dutch
word: horen
lang: Egyptian
word: s-D:F21-m
roman: sḏm
lang: Enga
word: singi
lang: Esperanto
word: aŭdi
lang: Estonian
word: kuulma
lang: Evenki
word: до̄лды̄мӣ
roman: dōldīmī
lang: Faroese
word: hoyra
lang: Fataluku
word: vari
lang: Finnish
word: kuulla
lang: French
word: entendre
lang: Old French
word: entendre
lang: North Frisian
word: hiar
lang: North Frisian
word: hiire
lang: West-Frisian
word: hearre
lang: Friulian
word: sintî
lang: Friulian
word: uldî
lang: Galician
word: oír
lang: Galician
word: ouvir
lang: Galician
word: sentir
lang: Ge'ez
word: ሰምዐ
roman: sämʿä
lang: Georgian
word: სმენა
roman: smena
lang: Georgian
word: გაგონება
roman: gagoneba
lang: German
word: hören
lang: German
word: ghööre
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽
roman: hausjan
lang: Greek
word: ακούω
roman: akoúo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀκούω
roman: akoúō
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κλύω
roman: klúō
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀΐω
roman: aḯō
lang: Mariupol Greek
word: грику́
roman: hrikú
lang: Hawaiian
word: lohe
lang: Hebrew
word: שָׁמַע
roman: shamá'
lang: Higaonon
word: paliman
lang: Hindi
word: सुनना
roman: sunnā
lang: White Hmong
word: hnov
lang: Hungarian
word: hall
lang: Ibanag
word: ginna
lang: Icelandic
word: heyra
lang: Ido
word: audar
lang: Indonesian
word: dengar
lang: Ingush
word: хаза
roman: xaza
lang: Interlingua
word: audir
lang: Irish
word: clois
lang: Irish
word: cluin
lang: Irish
word: airigh
lang: Isnag
word: xina
lang: Istro-Romanian
word: avzi
lang: Italian
word: sentire
lang: Italian
word: udire
lang: Japanese
word: 聞く
roman: kiku
lang: Japanese
word: 伺う
roman: ukagau
lang: Kambera
word: rongu
lang: Kambera
word: rongung
lang: Kannada
word: ಕೇಳು
roman: kēḷu
lang: S'gaw Karen
word: နၢ်ဟူ
roman: na̱ hoo
lang: Kashmiri
word: بوزُن
roman: bōzun
lang: Kashubian
word: czëc
lang: Kazakh
word: есту
roman: estu
lang: Khmer
word: ឮ
roman: lɨɨ
lang: Khmer
word: ស្ដាប់ឮ
roman: sdap lɨɨ
lang: Korean
word: 듣다
roman: deutda
lang: Kumyk
word: эшитмек
roman: eşitmek
lang: Central Kurdish
word: بیستن
roman: bîstin
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: bîstin
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: guh lê bûn
lang: Kyrgyz
word: угуу
roman: uguu
lang: Lao
word: ໄດ້ຍິນ
roman: dn
lang: Latgalian
word: dzierdēt
lang: Latgalian
word: izdzierst
lang: Latin
word: audio
lang: Latvian
word: dzirdēt
lang: Lithuanian
word: girdėti
lang: Livonian
word: kūlõ
lang: Luxembourgish
word: héieren
lang: Macedonian
word: слуша
roman: sluša
lang: Macedonian
word: слушне
roman: slušne
lang: Macedonian
word: чуе
roman: čue
lang: Makasae
word: wali
lang: Malay
word: dengar
lang: Brunei Malay
word: dangar
lang: Malayalam
word: കേൾക്കുക
roman: kēḷkkuka
lang: Maltese
word: sama’
lang: Manchu
word: ᡩᠣᠨᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ
roman: donjimbi
lang: Mansaka
word: dungug
lang: Manx
word: clin
lang: Māori
word: oko
lang: Māori
word: rongo
lang: Māori
word: hakiri (Indistinctly)
lang: Marathi
word: ऐकणे
roman: aikṇe
lang: Mongolian
word: дуулах
roman: duulax
lang: Mongolian
word: сонсох
roman: sonsox
lang: Mwani
word: kusikira
lang: Nahuatl
word: caqui
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: caqui
lang: Nanai
word: долди-
roman: dolʒi-
lang: Norman
word: ouï
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: høre
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: høyra
lang: Occitan
word: ausir
lang: Odia
word: ଶୁଣିବା
roman: śuṇibā
lang: Church Slavic
word: слꙑшати
roman: slyšati
lang: Old East Slavic
word: слꙑшати
roman: slyšati
lang: Old English
word: ġehīeran
lang: Old Norse
word: hǫra
lang: Old Norse
word: heyra
lang: Old Saxon
word: horian
lang: Oromo
word: dhaga'uu
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: чуц
roman: čuc
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: учуц
roman: učuc
lang: Pashto
word: اورول
roman: awrawəl
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: heere
lang: Iranian Persian
word: شِنیدَن
roman: šenidan
lang: Iranian Persian
word: شُنیدَن
roman: šonidan
lang: Pipil
word: kaki
lang: Pipil
word: caqui
lang: Polabian
word: slåisot
lang: Polish
word: słyszeć
lang: Polish
word: usłyszeć
lang: Portuguese
word: ouvir
lang: Quechua
word: uyariy
lang: Quechua
word: uyay
lang: Quechua
word: uyarii
lang: Quechua
word: wiyai
lang: Rapa Nui
word: ngaro'a
lang: Rendille
word: dag
lang: Romanian
word: auzi
lang: Romansh
word: udir
lang: Russian
word: слы́шать
roman: slýšatʹ
lang: Russian
word: услы́шать
roman: uslýšatʹ
lang: Saho
word: oobbe
lang: Sanskrit
word: श्रु
roman: śru
lang: Sanskrit
word: शृणोति
roman: śṛṇoti
lang: Sardinian
word: intèndhere
lang: Sardinian
word: intendi
lang: Sardinian
word: intèndiri
lang: Sardinian
word: intènnere
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cluinn
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: чу̏ти
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: слу̏шати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: čȕti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: slȕšati
lang: Shan
word: ငိၼ်
roman: ngǐn
lang: Shan
word: ယိၼ်း
roman: yín
lang: Shan
word: ၺိၼ်
roman: nyǐn
lang: Sicilian
word: sintiri
lang: Sicilian
word: sèntiri
lang: Sinhalese
word: ඇසෙනවා
roman: æsenawā
lang: Slovak
word: čuť
lang: Slovak
word: počuť
lang: Slovene
word: slišati
lang: Somali
word: maqlid
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: słyšaś
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: słyšeć
lang: Spanish
word: oír
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: arki
lang: Swedish
word: höra
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠢꠥꠘꠣ
roman: huna
lang: Tagalog
word: marinig
lang: Tagalog
word: makarinig
lang: Tahitian
word: faʻaroʻo
lang: Tajik
word: шунидан
roman: šunidan
lang: Tamil
word: கேள்
roman: kēḷ
lang: Tatar
word: ишетергә
roman: işetergä
lang: Tausug
word: dungug
lang: Telugu
word: విను
roman: vinu
lang: Tetum
word: rona
lang: Thai
word: ได้ยิน
roman: dâi-yin
lang: Tibetan
word: ཁོ
roman: kho
lang: Tibetan
word: གསན
roman: gsan
lang: Tocharian B
word: klyaus-
lang: Tok Pisin
word: harim
lang: Turkish
word: işitmek
lang: Turkish
word: duymak
lang: Turkmen
word: eşitmek
lang: Tuvan
word: дыңнаар
roman: dıñnaar
lang: Tuvan
word: дыңнап каар
roman: dıñnap kaar
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎌𐎎𐎓
roman: šmʿ
lang: Ukrainian
word: чу́ти
roman: čúty
lang: Ukrainian
word: почу́ти
roman: počúty
lang: Urdu
word: سُنْنا
roman: sunnā
lang: Uyghur
word: ئاڭلىماق
roman: anglimaq
lang: Uyghur
word: ئىشىتمەك
roman: ishitmek
lang: Uzbek
word: eshitmoq
lang: Uzbek
word: eshitib qolmoq
lang: Venetan
word: sentir
lang: Vietnamese
word: nghe
lang: Walloon
word: ôre
lang: Walloon
word: oyî
lang: Walloon
word: etinde
lang: Welsh
word: clywed
lang: Woiwurrung
word: ngarrnka
lang: Yiddish
word: הערן
roman: hern
lang: Yurok
word: kom'
lang: Yurok
word: ko'moyok'
lang: Zealandic
word: 'ore
lang: Zhuang
word: ndaejnyi
lang: ǃKung
word: s'aː
lang: ǃXóõ
word: ta̰ã