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Meaning of earwax | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

ˈiɹ.wæks

Definitions

A waxy substance secreted by the ear.
uncountable
A waxy substance secreted by the ear

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العربية شمع الأذن صملاخ

Български ушна кал

བོད་སྐད རྣ་སྤབས

Català cera de les orelles cerumen

Čeština ušní maz

Dansk ørevoks

Deutsch Ohrenschmalz Zerumen

Ελληνικά κερί κυψελίδα

Esperanto cerumeno orelvakso

Español cera cera de los oídos cerilla cerumen

Eesti vaik

Suomi korvavaha vaikku

Français cérumen

Gàidhlig cèir-chluaise

Galego cerume

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi kokuli

Magyar fülzsír

Íslenska eyrnamergur

Italiano cerume

日本語耳ん垢耳垢耳屎耳糞

한국어 귀에지 귀지

Kurdî ray

Lëtzebuergesch Ouereschmalz

Latviešu auss sērs sers

Te Reo Māori taeturi tāturi

മലയാളം ചെവിക്കായം

Nederlands cerumen oorsmeer

Polski woskowina woszczyna

Português cera cera de ouvido

Русский ушна́я се́ра

Svenska öronvax

தமிழ் குறும்பி

తెలుగు గులిమి

ไทย ขี้หู

Tagalog tutuli

Tiếng Việt cứt ráy rầy ráy tai

Examples

“Her's Agamemnon, an honeſt fellow inough and one that loues quailes, but hee has not ſo much braine as eare-wax, […]”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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