auricular
Spanish, noun/auɾikuˈlaɾ/
auricular is spelled A-U-R-I-C-U-L-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 23,682nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auricular is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “earphones (a pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dedo más pequeño de la mano. Su nombre se debe a que es usado para escarbarse en el oído”.
What does auricular mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineear; auricular
- 2
femininemasculinehearing; auricular
noun
- 1
masculineearphones (a pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.)
- 2
masculinehandset, earpiece, receiver (any of several electronic devices that receive signals and convert them into sound)
- 3
masculineauricular (finger)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propio de la aurícula o relacionado con ella.
adjective: 1. Propio del oído o relacionado con él. 2. Parte lateral de la cabeza de las aves en donde se sitúa su oído.
noun: 1. Dedo más pequeño de la mano. Su nombre se debe a que es usado para escarbarse en el oído. 2. Parte del aparato telefónico, y de otros electrodomésticos que transmiten o reproducen sonidos, que la persona se lleva al oído para escuchar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of auricular
- auriculares feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce auricular?
- /auɾikuˈlaɾ/
- [au̯.ɾi.kuˈlaɾ]
- [awɾikuˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to auricular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is auricular in Spanish?
auricular appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).