The ear canal sends sound waves to the eardrum.
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Eardrum
//ˈiɚˌdɹʌm//
Synonyms for "eardrum" (71 found)
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69 translations across 55 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- طَبْلَة اَلْأُذْن noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Armenian
1 entries- թմբկաթաղանթ noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Asturian
1 entries- tímpanu noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Basque
1 entries- tinpano noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Belarusian
1 entries- бараба́нная парапо́нка noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тъпанче noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Catalan
1 entries- timpà noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 耳膜 noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
- 耳鼓 noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
- 鼓膜 noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Czech
1 entries- bubínek noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Danish
1 entries- trommehinde noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Dutch
1 entries- trommelvlies noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Esperanto
1 entries- timpano noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Finnish
1 entries- tärykalvo noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
French
1 entries- tympan noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Galician
1 entries- tímpano noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
German
1 entries- Trommelfell noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Greek
1 entries- ακουστικό τύμπανο noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Gujarati
1 entries- કાનનો પડદો noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Hebrew
1 entries- עור התוף noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Hindi
1 entries- ढोल noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Hungarian
1 entries- dobhártya noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Icelandic
1 entries- hljóðhimna noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Ido
1 entries- timpano noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Indonesian
1 entries- gendang telinga noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Irish
1 entries- tiompán na cluaise noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Italian
1 entries- timpano noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Japanese
1 entries- 鼓膜 noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Kabuverdianu
4 entries- alupec noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
- alupek noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
- timpan' noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
- tinpanu noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Korean
2 entries- 고막 noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
- 귀청 noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Latin
1 entries- tympanum noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Lithuanian
1 entries- būgnelis noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Trommelfell noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Macedonian
1 entries- ушно тапанче noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Malay
1 entries- gegendang telinga noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Māori
1 entries- tōrino noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- perdeya guhê noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- trommehinne noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Occitan
1 entries- ausidor noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Persian
2 entries- پرده صماخ noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
- پرده گوش noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Polish
2 entries- bębenek noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
- błona bębenkowa noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Portuguese
1 entries- tímpano noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Russian
1 entries- бараба́нная перепо́нка noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- faillean noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bubna opna noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
- bubnica noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
- bubnjić noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
- бубна опна noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Slovak
1 entries- bubienok noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Spanish
1 entries- tímpano noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- yesimama noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Swedish
1 entries- trumhinna noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Tagalog
1 entries- salamin ng tainga noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Telugu
2 entries- కర్ణభేరి noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
- గూబ noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Thai
1 entries- แก้วหู noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Turkish
1 entries- kulak zarı noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Ukrainian
1 entries- бараба́нна перети́нка noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Vietnamese
1 entries- màng nhĩ noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Welsh
1 entries- pilen clust noun (membrane separating outer and middle ears)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I punctured my eardrum with a cotton bud.
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Is it safe to fly with a perforated eardrum?
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The eardrum is a thin, impermeable membrane.
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