"earplug" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: earplugs [plural]
Etymology: ear + plug Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ear|plug}} ear + plug Head templates: {{en-noun}} earplug (plural earplugs)
  1. A piece of protective gear meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the wearer's hearing from loud noises or the intrusion of water. Categories (topical): Hearing Translations (protective clothing for the ear canal): тапа за уши (tapa za uši) (Bulgarian), 耳塞 (ěrsāi) (Chinese Mandarin), 耳栓 (ěrshuān) (Chinese Mandarin), špunt do ucha [masculine] (Czech), øreprop [common-gender] (Danish), oordopje [neuter] (Dutch), oyrnaproppur [masculine] (Faroese), korvatulppa (Finnish), bouchon d’oreille [masculine] (French), Ohropax [neuter] (German), Ohrenstöpsel [masculine] (German), Ohrstöpsel [masculine] (German), ωτασπίδα (otaspída) (Greek), füldugó (Hungarian), eyrnatappi [masculine] (Icelandic), 耳栓 (mimisen) (alt: みみせん) (Japanese), purutaringa (Maori), jaayiʼ abínágiłí (Navajo), øreplugg [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ørepropp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), øyreplugg [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), øyrepropp [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zatyczka do uszu [feminine] (Polish), беру́ши (berúši) [plural] (Russian), заты́чка для уше́й (zatýčka dlja ušéj) [feminine] (Russian), tapón [masculine] (Spanish), tapón para los oídos [masculine] (Spanish), öronpropp [common-gender] (Swedish), kulak tıkacı (Turkish), затичка для вуха (zatyčka dlja vuxa) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-earplug-en-noun-TlxajfPT Disambiguation of Hearing: 85 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 70 30

Verb [English]

Forms: earplugs [present, singular, third-person], earplugging [participle, present], earplugged [participle, past], earplugged [past]
Etymology: ear + plug Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ear|plug}} ear + plug Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} earplug (third-person singular simple present earplugs, present participle earplugging, simple past and past participle earplugged)
  1. (transitive) To fit with earplugs. Tags: transitive Related terms: earmuffs
    Sense id: en-earplug-en-verb-5o9cDKCD

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.