Meanings
nounearpiece (plural earpieces)
plural earpieces
- A receiver of a telephone to hold near to one's ear.
- The arm on a pair of glasses that hooks over the ear to hold them in place.
My glasses won't stay on, as I've broken the left earpiece.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounelectro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
Broader
electro-acoustic transducer
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian слушалка, дръжка на очила
- слушалка (slušalka)speaker placed inside or held near the ear
- дръжка на очила (drăžka na očila)arm of pair of glasses
Catalan orellera
- orelleraspeaker placed inside or held near the ear
Chinese Mandarin 耳塞
- 耳塞 (ěrsāi)speaker placed inside or held near the ear
Danish øresnegl
- øresneglspeaker placed inside or held near the ear
Dutch oortje
- oortjespeaker placed inside or held near the ear
Finnish korvanappi, korvakuuloke
- korvanappispeaker placed inside or held near the ear
- korvakuulokespeaker placed inside or held near the ear
- sankaarm of pair of glasses
German Ohrhörer, Ohrstück
- Ohrhörerspeaker placed inside or held near the ear
- Ohrstückspeaker placed inside or held near the ear
- Hörerreceiver of a telephone to hold near to ear
Māori pokotaringa
- pokotaringaspeaker placed inside or held near the ear
Portuguese fone de ouvido, auscultador
- fone de ouvidospeaker placed inside or held near the ear
- auscultadorspeaker placed inside or held near the ear
- fonespeaker placed inside or held near the ear
Russian нау́шник, ду́жка
- нау́шник (naúšnik)speaker placed inside or held near the ear
- ду́жка (dúžka)arm of pair of glasses
Scottish Gaelic fòn-cluaise
- fòn-cluaisespeaker placed inside or held near the ear
Spanish auricular, pinganillo
- auricularspeaker placed inside or held near the ear
- pinganillospeaker placed inside or held near the ear
- auricularreceiver of a telephone to hold near to ear
- fonoreceiver of a telephone to hold near to ear
- auditivoreceiver of a telephone to hold near to ear
- patillaarm of pair of glasses
Swedish skalm
- skalmarm of pair of glasses
Cite this entry
APA
earpiece. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earpiece
MLA
“earpiece.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earpiece. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earpiece,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earpiece.
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