Earwax

//ˈiɹ.wæks//

Synonyms for "earwax" (3 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
cerumen

Strong matches (1)

Related words (1)

Noun(1 words)
wax

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Translations

141 translations across 89 languages.

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Acehnese

1 entries
  • èk geulunyueng noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Afar

1 entries
  • qokká noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • oorsmeer noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Albanian

1 entries
  • dyllë i veshit noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Apatani

1 entries
  • ruhi noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Arabic

3 entries
  • شمع الودن noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • شَمْع اَلْأُذْن noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • صِمْلَاخ noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Aranadan

1 entries
  • ചെങ്ങനെ noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Arikara

1 entries
  • atkaraačiísuʾ noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Assamese

2 entries
  • কণামাকৰি noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • কানৰ মলি noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • сайыр noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • вушна́я се́ра noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Bengali

1 entries
  • কানের খৈল noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • tuli noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ушна кал noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Catalan

2 entries
  • cera de les orelles noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • cerumen noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 耳垢 noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • 耳屎 noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • 耵聹 /耵聍 noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 耳垢 noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • 耳屎 noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • 耵聹 /耵聍 noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Classical Nahuatl

2 entries
  • nacazcuihcuitlatl noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • nacazcuitlatl noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Cree

1 entries
  • ᒥᐢᑭᐦᑌᑯᒼ noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Czech

1 entries
  • ušní maz noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Danish

1 entries
  • ørevoks noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Deori

1 entries
  • akun chokora noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ކަންފަތުގައި މަޑުލުން noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Dimasa

1 entries
  • khamao khee noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Dutch

2 entries
  • cerumen noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • oorsmeer noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Erzya

1 entries
  • пилеой noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • cerumeno noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • orelvakso noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kõrvavaik noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • vaik noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Finnish

2 entries
  • korvavaha noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • vaikku noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

French

1 entries
  • cérumen noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Galician

1 entries
  • cerume noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ყურის ცვილი noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

German

2 entries
  • Ohrenschmalz noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • Zerumen noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Greek

2 entries
  • κερί noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • κυψελίδα noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • કાન મીણ noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kokuli noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Hindi

4 entries
  • कनोई noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • कर्णमल noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • कर्णागूथ noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • कान का मैल noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • fülzsír noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • eyrnamergur noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Ido

1 entries
  • cerumeno noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Ingush

1 entries
  • боалоз noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Irish

1 entries
  • céir chluaise noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Italian

1 entries
  • cerume noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 耳ん垢 noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • 耳垢 noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • 耳垢 noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • 耳屎 noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Kankanaey

2 entries
  • luek noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • tueng noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អាចម៍ត្រចៀក noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Korean

2 entries
  • 귀에지 noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • 귀지 noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Latvian

2 entries
  • auss sērs noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • sērs noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • taług z wucha noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Lower Tanana

1 entries
  • dziluda' noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Ouereschmalz noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦃᦲᧉᦠᦴ noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ушна маст noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Malay

1 entries
  • tahi telinga noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ചെവിക്കായം noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

1 entries
  • qaqalokossawon noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡥᡡᠰᡠᡵᡳ noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Mokilese

1 entries
  • pwije noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Moksha

1 entries
  • пилевай noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Māori

3 entries
  • taeturi noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • tāturi noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • tāturi noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Nepali

1 entries
  • काने गुजी noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • ørevoks noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • øyrevoks noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Occitan

1 entries
  • cerumèn noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Old English

2 entries
  • drōsna noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • drōsne noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Pangasinan

1 entries
  • olilek noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Polish

2 entries
  • woskowina noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • woszczyna noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • cera noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • cera de ouvido noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Quechua

1 entries
  • rinri wira noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Russian

1 entries
  • ушна́я се́ра noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • कर्णमल noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • तोक्म noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • पिञ्जूष noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • पेञ्जूष noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱮᱲᱜᱳᱫ noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cèir-chluaise noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • слих noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • ушна маст noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Sinhalese

2 entries
  • කන්කලාඳුරු noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • කනේ කලාඳුරු noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Somali

1 entries
  • cukey noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cera noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • cera de los oídos noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • cerilla noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • cerumen noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Swahili

1 entries
  • nta za sikio noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Swedish

1 entries
  • öronvax noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tutuli noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Tajik

1 entries
  • чирки гӯш noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Tamil

1 entries
  • குறும்பி noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Telugu

1 entries
  • గులిమి noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Thai

1 entries
  • ขี้หู noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Tibetan

3 entries
  • རྣ་སྤགས noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • རྣ་སྤབས noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • རྣ་སྦངས noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • вушна́ сі́ра noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • cứt ráy noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • ráy noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • ráy tai noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cŵyr clustiau noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Yakut

2 entries
  • кулгаах кулугута noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
  • кулугу noun (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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My earwax got very hard.

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I can't remove my earwax.

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I know all the left-wing parties are corrupt, but I'd rather eat earwax than vote right-wing.

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I'm trying to get the earwax out of my earbuds with a pencil.

Source: tatoeba (10515287)

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