orecchia
ear
noun oh-REK-kyah Rare
Origin: Latin auricula (little ear), diminutive of auris
Usage Note
Orecchia is a feminine variant of orecchio (masculine); both are used, but orecchio is more standard. The irregular plural of orecchio is le orecchie (feminine), not gli orecchi (though that form exists). Orecchia is common in colloquial central Italian speech.
Examples
"Mi fa male un'orecchia."
Natural Translation
One of my ears hurts.
Literal Translation
To-me hurts an ear.
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