"dog-ear" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɒɡɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɔɡˌɪ(ə)ɹ/ [General-American], /ˈdɑɡ-/ [General-American] Forms: dog-ears [plural]
Etymology: The noun is a variant of dog's-ear, from dog + -’s + ear, due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs. The verb is either: * directly from dog + ear; * a back-formation from dog-eared; or * a variant of dog's-ear (verb). Etymology templates: {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{compound|en|dog|-'s|ear|alt2=-’s}} dog + -’s + ear, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{back-formation|en|dog-eared|nocap=1}} back-formation from dog-eared Head templates: {{en-noun}} dog-ear (plural dog-ears)
  1. The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark. Synonyms: dog's-ear [obsolete] Translations (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication): oslí ucho [neuter] (Czech), æseløre [neuter] (Danish), hundsoyra [feminine] (Faroese), hiirenkorva (Finnish), koirankorva (Finnish), corne [feminine] (French), Eselsohr [neuter] (German), szamárfül (Hungarian), orecchietta (Italian), ドッグイア (doggu ia) (Japanese), eseløre [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), eseløyra [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), eseløyre [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ośle ucho [neuter] (Polish), orelha [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), somárske uši [plural] (Slovak), doblez [masculine] (Spanish), hundöra [neuter] (Swedish), luping (Tagalog)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dog ear, dogear

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdɒɡɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɔɡˌɪ(ə)ɹ/ [General-American], /ˈdɑɡ-/ [General-American] Forms: dog-ears [present, singular, third-person], dog-earing [participle, present], dog-eared [participle, past], dog-eared [past]
Etymology: The noun is a variant of dog's-ear, from dog + -’s + ear, due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs. The verb is either: * directly from dog + ear; * a back-formation from dog-eared; or * a variant of dog's-ear (verb). Etymology templates: {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{compound|en|dog|-'s|ear|alt2=-’s}} dog + -’s + ear, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{back-formation|en|dog-eared|nocap=1}} back-formation from dog-eared Head templates: {{en-verb}} dog-ear (third-person singular simple present dog-ears, present participle dog-earing, simple past and past participle dog-eared)
  1. (transitive) To fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication). Tags: transitive Related terms: dog-eared Translations (to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)): taittaa hiirenkorvalle (Finnish), taittaa sivun kulma (Finnish), corner (French), behajtja a sarkát (english: lap) (Hungarian), szamárfület hajlít/csinál (english: the latter may be ambiguous) (Hungarian), szamárfülez (Hungarian), fazer orelha [Brazil] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-dog-ear-en-verb-VgSFtbIJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dog ear, dogear

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        [
          "intentionally",
          "intentionally"
        ],
        [
          "sort",
          "sort#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "bookmark",
          "bookmark#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɒɡɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔɡˌɪ(ə)ɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑɡ-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dog ear"
    },
    {
      "word": "dogear"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "dog's-ear"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oslí ucho"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "æseløre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hundsoyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "word": "hiirenkorva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "word": "koirankorva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Eselsohr"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "word": "szamárfül"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "word": "orecchietta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "doggu ia",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "word": "ドッグイア"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eseløre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eseløyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eseløyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ośle ucho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "orelha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "somárske uši"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doblez"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hundöra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "folded corner of the page of a book or other publication",
      "word": "luping"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dog ears"
  ],
  "word": "dog-ear"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations"
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      },
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      "name": "glossary"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "dog",
        "3": "-'s",
        "4": "ear",
        "alt2": "-’s"
      },
      "expansion": "dog + -’s + ear",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "verb",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dog-eared",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "back-formation from dog-eared",
      "name": "back-formation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The noun is a variant of dog's-ear, from dog + -’s + ear, due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs.\nThe verb is either:\n* directly from dog + ear;\n* a back-formation from dog-eared; or\n* a variant of dog's-ear (verb).",
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    {
      "form": "dog-ears",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dog-earing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dog-eared",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dog-eared",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dog-eared"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1955 October 19, Rex Stout, Die Like a Dog, Three Witnesses, 94 Bantam, →ISBN, page 164:",
          "text": "His eyes went to his book and stayed there long enough to finish a paragraph. He dog-eared it and put it down.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fold",
          "fold#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "corner",
          "corner#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "page",
          "page#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "book",
          "book#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "publication",
          "publication"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɒɡɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔɡˌɪ(ə)ɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑɡ-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dog ear"
    },
    {
      "word": "dogear"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)",
      "word": "taittaa hiirenkorvalle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)",
      "word": "taittaa sivun kulma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)",
      "word": "corner"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "lap",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)",
      "word": "behajtja a sarkát"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "the latter may be ambiguous",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)",
      "word": "szamárfület hajlít/csinál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)",
      "word": "szamárfülez"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication)",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "fazer orelha"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dog ears"
  ],
  "word": "dog-ear"
}

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