Meanings
nouneardrum (plural eardrums)
plural eardrums · alternative ear drum
- anatomyA thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.
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.
2025 March 17, “Calls in Serbia for independent investigation into claims of a sonic device attack at peaceful rally”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2025Synonyms: membrana tympani, membrana tympanica, myringa, myrinx, tympanic membrane, tympanum
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound
Broader
membranetissue layer
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic طَبْلَة اَلْأُذْن
- طَبْلَة اَلْأُذْنmembrane separating outer and middle ears
Basque tinpano
- tinpanomembrane separating outer and middle ears
Bulgarian тъпанче
- тъпанче (tăpanče)membrane separating outer and middle ears
Catalan timpà
- timpàmembrane separating outer and middle ears
Chinese Mandarin 鼓膜, 耳鼓
- 鼓膜 (gǔmó)membrane separating outer and middle ears
- 耳鼓 (ěrgǔ)membrane separating outer and middle ears
- 耳膜 (ěrmó)membrane separating outer and middle ears
Czech bubínek
- bubínekmembrane separating outer and middle ears
Danish trommehinde
- trommehindemembrane separating outer and middle ears
Dutch trommelvlies
- trommelvliesmembrane separating outer and middle ears
Esperanto timpano
- timpanomembrane separating outer and middle ears
Finnish tärykalvo
- tärykalvomembrane separating outer and middle ears
French tympan
- tympanmembrane separating outer and middle ears
German Trommelfell
- Trommelfellmembrane separating outer and middle ears
Greek ακουστικό τύμπανο
- ακουστικό τύμπανο (akoustikó týmpano)membrane separating outer and middle ears
Hebrew עור התוף
- עור התוףmembrane separating outer and middle ears
Hindi ढोल
- ढोल (ḍhol)membrane separating outer and middle ears
Hungarian dobhártya
- dobhártyamembrane separating outer and middle ears
Icelandic hljóðhimna
- hljóðhimnamembrane separating outer and middle ears
Indonesian gendang telinga
- gendang telingamembrane separating outer and middle ears
Irish tiompán na cluaise
- tiompán na cluaisemembrane separating outer and middle ears
Italian timpano
- timpanomembrane separating outer and middle ears
Japanese 鼓膜
- 鼓膜 (komaku)membrane separating outer and middle ears
Korean 귀청, 고막
- 귀청 (gwicheong)membrane separating outer and middle ears
- 고막 (gomak)membrane separating outer and middle ears
Latin tympanum, membrāna tympanica
- tympanummembrane separating outer and middle ears
- membrāna tympanicamembrane separating outer and middle ears
- myrinxmembrane separating outer and middle ears
Lithuanian būgnelis
- būgnelismembrane separating outer and middle ears
Malay gegendang telinga
- gegendang telingamembrane separating outer and middle ears
Māori tōrino
- tōrinomembrane separating outer and middle ears
Norwegian Bokmål trommehinne
- trommehinnemembrane separating outer and middle ears
Persian پرده گوش, پرده صماخ
- پرده گوش (parde-ye guš)membrane separating outer and middle ears
- پرده صماخmembrane separating outer and middle ears
Polish błona bębenkowa, bębenek
- błona bębenkowamembrane separating outer and middle ears
- bębenekmembrane separating outer and middle ears
Portuguese tímpano
- tímpanomembrane separating outer and middle ears
Russian бараба́нная перепо́нка
- бараба́нная перепо́нка (barabánnaja perepónka)membrane separating outer and middle ears
Scottish Gaelic faillean
- failleanmembrane separating outer and middle ears
Slovak bubienok
- bubienokmembrane separating outer and middle ears
Spanish tímpano
- tímpanomembrane separating outer and middle ears
Swedish trumhinna
- trumhinnamembrane separating outer and middle ears
Tagalog salamin ng tainga
- salamin ng taingamembrane separating outer and middle ears
Thai แก้วหู
- แก้วหู (gɛ̂ɛo-hǔu)membrane separating outer and middle ears
Turkish kulak zarı
- kulak zarımembrane separating outer and middle ears
Ukrainian бараба́нна перети́нка
- бараба́нна перети́нка (barabánna peretýnka)membrane separating outer and middle ears
Vietnamese màng nhĩ
- màng nhĩmembrane separating outer and middle ears
Welsh pilen clust
- pilen clustmembrane separating outer and middle ears
Cite this entry
APA
eardrum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eardrum
MLA
“eardrum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eardrum. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eardrum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eardrum.
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