ear
↔
listener
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
-
Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | listener | |
| Meaning 1 | ear | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | listener (argot) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The shift is "listener" > "ear". | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | auris | |
| Meaning 1 | ear | |
| Meaning 2 | listener (poet.) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Glare 217) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | uho | |
| Meaning 1 | ear | |
| Meaning 2 | a person who can eavesdrop | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Cf. about a person who can overhear, eavesdrop: Солдат-то этот ухо (lit. This soldier is an ear). | |