ea

English Online Dictionary. What means ea‎? What does ea mean?

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ea, e, æ, from Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Cognate with North Frisian ia (“river”), Saterland Frisian Äi (“river”), West Frisian ie (“water, stream”), Dutch aa (“water, stream”), German Ache (“water, stream, river, flood”), Swedish å (“stream, creek”), Icelandic á (“stream, river”), Latin aqua (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː/, /ˈiːə/
• Rhymes: -iː, -iːə

Noun

ea (plural eas)

1. (dialectal) A river or watercourse.

Derived terms

• eddy

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Abbreviation

ea

1. Alternative form of ea.

References

• “ea”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• -ae, -æ, A & E, A&E, AE, a**e, a.e., ae, æ

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Aiwoo

Adjective

ea

1. bad, evil

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• ia

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille. Compare Daco-Romanian ea.

Pronoun

ea f (plural eali)

1. (third-person feminine singular pronoun, nominative form) she

Synonyms

• nãsã/nãsa

Pronoun

ea f

1. (long/stressed accusative form) her

Related terms

• el/elu (masculine equivalent (third-person singular nominative))
• eali (feminine plural), elj (masculine or mixed plural)
• u (feminine singular accusative- short/unstressed form)
• (a) ljei (feminine singular genitive and feminine singular dative- long/stressed form)
• ãlj/ilj/lji (feminine singular dative- short/unstressed form)

See also

• io/iou, mini (first-person singular)
• tu, tini (second-person singular)
• noi (first-person plural)
• voi (second-person plural)
• nãsh, elj (third-person (masculine or mixed) plural)

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Hawaiian

Noun

ea

1. sovereignty, rule
2. air, breath, gas, vapor
3. life, life force

Verb

ea

1. (intransitive) to rise, go up
2. (intransitive) to smell

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Irish

Alternative forms

• eadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish ed (“it”). Ultimately akin to English it, Latin id, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Pronoun

ea

1. it

Usage notes

• Only used with the copula, in constructions that do not reference any noun.

Derived terms

• mar ea
• ní hea
• sea

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Korean

Alternative forms

• 개 (gae), and other unitary bound nouns (권, 자루, 켤레, etc)

Etymology

From English ea. (“whole piece”)

Symbol

ea

1. symbol of 개 (gae, “item, piece, general counter for objects”).

   총 10ea.

   5ea 정도.

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Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation

• ea: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/
• eā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.aː/

Pronoun

ea

1. nominative feminine singular of is: "she", "it" (referring to feminine nouns), or demonstratively (as a demonstrative pronoun) "this", "that" (likewise referring to feminine nouns)
2. nominative neuter plural of is: "they (things)"
3. accusative neuter plural of is: "them (things)"

Pronoun

eā f

1. ablative feminine singular of is

See also

Etymology 2

Declined from is. It stands as if for eā viā ("this/that way"). Compare eō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.aː/

Adverb

eā (not comparable)

1. there
2. that way
3. on that side

Derived terms

• eāpropter
• eātenus

Related terms

References

• ea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

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Lindu

Adjective

ea

1. shy; ashamed

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• æ
• e
• ee

Etymology

From Old English ēa, ǣ.

Noun

ea

1. Alternative form of æ

Descendants

• English: ea

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Old English

Alternative forms

• ǣ

Etymology

From earlier *eahu [ˈæɑ̯.xu], from Anglo-Frisian *æhu [ˈæ.xu], from West Germanic *ahu [ˈɑ.xu], from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Akin to Old Frisian ā, ē, Old Saxon aha, Old High German aha, Old Norse á, Gothic 𐌰𐍈𐌰 (aƕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æːɑ̯/

Noun

ēa f

1. river
2. running water, stream

Declension

Descendants

• English: ea, eau, yeo, eddy

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja/
• Rhymes: -a

Pronoun

ea f (third-person singular, plural ele)

1. (nominative form) she

Declension

Synonyms

• dumneaei (polite form)

Pronoun

ea f (stressed accusative form of ea)

1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") her

Related terms

• el (third-person masculine singular)
• ei (third-person masculine plural)
• ele (third-person feminine plural)

See also

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
• (Sursilvan) gie
• (Puter, Vallader) schi

Adverb

ea

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) yes (used to indicate agreement with a positive statement)

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
• (Sursilvan) bein
• (Sutsilvan) bagn
• (Surmiran) gea bagn
• (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, hei, bainschi hei
• (Vallader) hai, bainschi hai

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈea/

Interjection

ea

1. come on!, come now! (expressing encouragement)
2. so, and so, now (expressing resolution, preceding a willful resolution)

References

• “ea” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪə̯/

Adverb

ea

1. ever, at any time

Further reading

• “ea”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011