Meanings
plural ear canals
- anatomyThe tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum through which sound enters.
Synonyms: acoustic meatus, auditory canal, auditory meatus, external acoustic meatus, external auditory canal, external auditory meatus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum through which sound enters.
More synonyms by meaning
nouneither of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic قَنَاة سَمْعِيَّة, صِمَاخ
- قَنَاة سَمْعِيَّة (qanāh samʕiyya)tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
- صِمَاخ (ṣimāḵ)tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Chinese Mandarin 耳道
- 耳道 (ěrdào)tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Czech zvukovod
- zvukovodtube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Danish øregang
- øregangtube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Dutch gehoorgang
- gehoorgangtube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Esperanto orelkanalo
- orelkanalotube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Finnish korvakäytävä
- korvakäytävätube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
French conduit auditif
- conduit auditiftube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
German Gehörgang
- Gehörgangtube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Hungarian külső hallójárat
- külső hallójárattube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Icelandic hlust
- hlusttube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Irish canáil na cluaise, canáil chloisteála
- canáil na cluaisetube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
- canáil chloisteálatube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Japanese 外耳道
- 外耳道 (gaijidō)tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Lithuanian klausomoji landa
- klausomoji landatube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Māori pūtaringa
- pūtaringatube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Norwegian Bokmål øregang, ørekanal
- øregangtube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
- ørekanaltube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Persian مجرای گوش
- مجرای گوش (mejrāy-e gūš)tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Polish przewód słuchowy zewnętrzny
- przewód słuchowy zewnętrznytube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Portuguese canal auditivo
- canal auditivotube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Russian слухово́й кана́л, ушно́й кана́л
- слухово́й кана́л (sluxovój kanál)tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
- ушно́й кана́л (ušnój kanál)tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
- слухово́й прохо́д (sluxovój proxód)tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Spanish conducto auditivo externo, alveario (disused)
- conducto auditivo externotube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
- alveario (disused)tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Swedish hörselgång
- hörselgångtube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Thai รูหู
- รูหู (ruu-hǔu)tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Turkish kulak kanalı
- kulak kanalıtube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum
Cite this entry
ear canal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ear%20canal
“ear canal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ear%20canal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ear canal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ear%20canal.
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