English Online Dictionary. What means ea? What does ea mean?
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English ea, e, æ, from Old English ēa (“river”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu (“waters, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Doublet of aqua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiː(ə)/
- Rhymes: -iː, -iːə
Noun
ea (plural eas)
- (UK dialect or archaic) A river or watercourse.
Derived terms
- eddy
Related terms
- Eau
- eau
- yeo
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Determiner
ea
- Alternative form of ea.
References
- “ea”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
- -ae, -æ, A & E, A&E, AE, a**e, a.e., ae, æ
Aiwoo
Adjective
ea
- bad, evil
References
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- ia
Etymology
From Latin illa, feminine of ille. Compare Romanian ea.
Pronoun
ea f (plural eali)
- (third-person feminine singular pronoun, nominative form) she
Synonyms
- nãsã/nãsa
Pronoun
ea f
- (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)
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ea/, [e̞.a]
Particle
ea
- Used in indirect questions as an intensifier.
- Ea nork egin dituen etxeko lanak. ― Let's see who has done the homework.
- Used to express one's desire; I hope, I wish
- Ea azkar sendatzen zaren. ― I hope you get well soon.
Usage notes
When using this particle, the verb takes the conjunction -n.
Further reading
- "ea" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “ea” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Estonian
Noun
ea
- genitive singular of iga
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *eqa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛjə]
Noun
ea
- sovereignty, rule
- air, breath, gas, vapor
- life, life force
Verb
ea
- (intransitive) to rise, go up
- (intransitive) to smell
References
- Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert (1986), “ea”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
Irish
Alternative forms
- eadh (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish ed (“it”). Ultimately akin to English it, Latin id, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a/, (after ba) /ja/
Pronoun
ea
- it
Usage notes
- Only used with the copula, in constructions that do not reference any noun.
Derived terms
- mar ea
- ní hea
- sea
See also
Korean
Alternative forms
- 개 (gae), and other unitary bound nouns (권, 자루, 켤레, etc)
Etymology
From English ea. (“whole piece”).
Symbol
ea
- symbol of 개 (gae, “item, piece, general counter for objects”).
- 총 10ea.
- 5ea 정도.
Latin
Etymology 1
Inflected forms.
Pronunciation
- ea: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈeä]
- ea: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛːä]
- eā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.aː/, [ˈeäː]
- eā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛːä]
Pronoun
ea
- nominative feminine singular of is: "she", "it" (referring to feminine nouns), or demonstratively (as a demonstrative pronoun) "this", "that" (likewise referring to feminine nouns)
- nominative neuter plural of is: "they (things)"
- accusative neuter plural of is: "them (things)"
Pronoun
eā f
- 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/, [ˈeäː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.a/, [ˈɛːä]
Adverb
eā (not comparable)
- there
- that way
- 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)
Lindu
Adjective
ea
- shy; ashamed
Middle English
Noun
ea
- Alternative form of æ
Old English
Alternative forms
- ǣ
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æ͜ɑː/
Noun
ēa f (nominative plural ēa or ēan)
- river
- running water, stream
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: æ, e, ea, ee, eo
- English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo
- edēa (ed-)
- Middle English: eddy
- English: eddy
- Middle English: eddy
See also
- gārseċġ (“ocean”)
- mere (“lake”)
- sǣ (“sea”)
- strēam (“stream”)
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin illa, feminine of ille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ja/, (hypercorrect) /e̯a/
- Rhymes: -a
Pronoun
ea f (third-person singular, plural ele, masculine equivalent el)
- (nominative form) she
- Synonym: (polite form) dumneaei
Declension
Pronoun
ea f (stressed accusative form of ea)
- (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
References
- ea in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Romansch
Alternative forms
- gea (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
- gie (Sursilvan)
- schi (Puter, Vallader)
Adverb
ea
- (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
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ēia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈea/ [ˈe.a]
- Rhymes: -ea
- Syllabification: e‧a
Interjection
¡ea!
- come on!, come now! (expressing encouragement)
- so, and so, now (expressing resolution, preceding a willful resolution)
Further reading
- “ea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
West Frisian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪə̯/
Adverb
ea
- (literary) ever, at any time
Further reading
- “ea”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011