"earpiece" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɪəpiːs/ [UK], /ˈɪɹpiːs/ [US] Forms: earpieces [plural]
Etymology: ear + piece Etymology templates: {{affix|en|ear|piece}} ear + piece Head templates: {{en-noun}} earpiece (plural earpieces)
  1. A speaker placed inside or held near to the ear. Translations (speaker placed inside or held near the ear): ականջակալ (akanǰakal) (Armenian), слушалка (slušalka) (Bulgarian), 耳塞 (ěrsāi) (Chinese Mandarin), øresnegl [common-gender] (Danish), oortje (Dutch), korvanappi (Finnish), korvakuuloke (Finnish), Ohrhörer [masculine] (German), Ohrstück [neuter] (German), pokotaringa (Maori), fone de ouvido [masculine] (Portuguese), auscultador [masculine] (Portuguese), fone [masculine] (Portuguese), нау́шник (naúšnik) [masculine] (Russian), fòn-cluaise [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), auricular [masculine] (Spanish), pinganillo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-earpiece-en-noun-aKzhTt0r Disambiguation of 'speaker placed inside or held near the ear': 71 14 15
  2. A receiver of a telephone to hold near to one's ear. Translations (receiver of a telephone to hold near to ear): Hörer [masculine] (German), auricular [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-earpiece-en-noun-zYnElnRc Disambiguation of 'receiver of a telephone to hold near to ear': 27 63 11
  3. The arm on a pair of glasses that hooks over the ear to hold them in place. Categories (topical): Hearing Translations (arm of pair of glasses): дръжка на очила (drǎžka na očila) (Bulgarian), sanka (Finnish), ду́жка (dúžka) [feminine] (Russian), patilla [feminine] (Spanish), skalm [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-earpiece-en-noun-fmDlU6aG Disambiguation of Hearing: 16 15 69 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 5 70 Disambiguation of 'arm of pair of glasses': 4 1 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: speakerphone

Inflected forms

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