ear

oreille

Chacun des deux organes situés sur les côtés de la tête qui permettent d’entendre.

En anglais simple : One of the two parts on the sides of your head that you hear with.

• My left ear hurts.
• The rabbit has long ears.
• She whispered in his ear.

Expressions courantes : left ear, ear pain, in someone’s ear

oreille

Capacité à bien percevoir les sons, notamment les différences dans la musique ou la parole.

En anglais simple : The ability to hear sounds well, especially differences in music or speech.

• He plays the piano by ear.
• She has an excellent ear for music.
• The wrong note offended his trained ear.

Comment l'utiliser : an ear for something (She has a good ear for accents.)

Synonymes : hearing

Expressions courantes : ear for music, by ear, musical ear

épi

Partie située au sommet d’une plante céréalière, où se forment les grains.

En anglais simple : The part at the top of a grain plant where its seeds grow.

• Each ear was full of grain.
• The ears of wheat turned golden.
• We cooked an ear of corn for each guest.

Comment l'utiliser : an ear of corn/wheat (He picked an ear of corn.)

Synonymes : head, spike

Expressions courantes : ear of corn, ear of wheat, ripe ear

épier

Produire les parties qui portent les grains au sommet des plantes céréalières.

En anglais simple : To grow the seed-bearing parts at the tops of grain plants.

• The corn will ear soon.
• The wheat eared early this year.
• Warm weather helps the barley ear.

Expressions courantes : corn ear, wheat ear