eardrum

See also: ear drum

English

Alternative forms

• ear drum

Etymology

From ear +‎ drum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪəˌdɹʌm/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈiɚˌdɹʌm/

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• Rhymes: -ɪədɹʌm

Noun

eardrum (plural eardrums)

1. (anatomy) A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.
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     Those exposed to the weapon experience sharp ear pain, disorientation and panic, security experts say. Prolonged exposure can cause eardrum ruptures and irreversible hearing damage.

Synonyms

• membrana tympani (which some sources assert to be a TA term; perhaps it was formerly so)
• membrana tympanica (current TA term)
• myringa
• myrinx
• tympanic membrane
• tympanum

Translations

membrane separating outer and middle ears

• Arabic: طَبْلَة اَلْأُذْن f (ṭabla(t) al-ʔuḏn)
• Armenian: թմբկաթաղանթ (hy) (tʻmbkatʻaġantʻ)
• Asturian: tímpanu m
• Basque: tinpano
• Belarusian: бараба́нная парапо́нка f (barabánnaja parapónka)
• Bulgarian: тъпанче n (tăpanče)
• Catalan: timpà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼓膜 (zh) (gǔmó), 耳鼓 (zh) (ěrgǔ), 耳膜 (zh) (ěrmó)

• Czech: bubínek (cs) m
• Danish: trommehinde (da) c
• Dutch: trommelvlies (nl) n
• Esperanto: timpano
• Finnish: tärykalvo (fi)
• French: tympan (fr) m
• Galician: tímpano (gl) m
• German: Trommelfell (de) n
• Greek: ακουστικό τύμπανο n (akoustikó týmpano)
• Gujarati: કાનનો પડદો (kānno paḍdo)
• Hebrew: עור התוף
• Hindi: ढोल (hi) (ḍhol)
• Hungarian: dobhártya (hu)
• Icelandic: hljóðhimna (is) f
• Ido: timpano (io)
• Indonesian: gendang telinga (id)
• Irish: tiompán na cluaise m
• Italian: timpano (it)
• Japanese: 鼓膜 (ja) (こまく, komaku)
• Kabuverdianu: alupec (Badiu), alupek (Badiu), tinpanu (Badiu), timpan' m (Badiu, São Vicente)
• Korean: 귀청 (gwicheong), 고막(鼓膜) (ko) (gomak)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: perdeya guhê f

• Latin: tympanum m, membrāna tympanica f, myrinx f
• Lithuanian: būgnelis
• Luxembourgish: Trommelfell n
• Macedonian: ушно тапанче n (ušno tapanče)
• Malay: gegendang telinga
• Māori: tōrino
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trommehinne

• Occitan: ausidor (oc) m
• Persian: پرده گوش (fa) (parde-ye guš), پرده صماخ
• Polish: błona bębenkowa (pl) f, bębenek (pl) m
• Portuguese: tímpano (pt) m
• Russian: бараба́нная перепо́нка (ru) f (barabánnaja perepónka)
• Scottish Gaelic: faillean m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бубница f, бубна опна f, бубњић m

  Latin: bubnica f, bubna opna f, bubnjić m

• Slovak: bubienok m
• Spanish: tímpano (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: yesimama
• Swedish: trumhinna (sv)
• Tagalog: salamin ng tainga
• Telugu: గూబ (te) (gūba), కర్ణభేరి (te) (karṇabhēri)
• Thai: แก้วหู (th) (gɛ̂ɛo-hǔu)
• Turkish: kulak zarı (tr)
• Ukrainian: бараба́нна перети́нка (uk) f (barabánna peretýnka)
• Vietnamese: màng nhĩ (vi)
• Welsh: pilen clust f

Further reading

• eardrum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia