aurícula

See also: auricula

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auricula (“outer ear”). Doublet of orella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əwˈɾi.ku.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [awˈɾi.ku.la]

Noun

aurícula f (plural aurícules)

1. (anatomy) pinna, auricle (the visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head)

   Synonym: pavelló

2. (anatomy) atrium (one of two upper chambers of the heart)
3. (botany) auricle (any appendage in the shape of an earlobe)

Related terms

• auricular

Further reading

• “aurícula” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “aurícula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “aurícula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aurícula” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin auricula (“outer ear”). Doublet of orelha.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈɾi.ku.lɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈɾi.ku.lɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈɾi.ku.lɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈɾi.ku.lɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈɾi.ku.la/ [aʊ̯ˈɾi.ku.la]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awˈɾi.ku.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ikulɐ
• Hyphenation: au‧rí‧cu‧la

Noun

aurícula f (plural aurículas)

1. (anatomy) auricle (ear-shaped appendage of the atrium of the heart)
2. (botany) auricle (appendage in the shape of an earlobe)

Related terms

• auricular
• aurículo

Further reading

• “aurícula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auricula (“outer ear”). Doublet of oreja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈɾikula/ [au̯ˈɾi.ku.la]
• Rhymes: -ikula
• Syllabification: au‧rí‧cu‧la

Noun

aurícula f (plural aurículas)

1. (anatomy) atrium (one of two upper chambers of the heart)

Related terms

• auriculado
• auricular

Further reading

• “aurícula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10