English

Noun

ea ‎(plural eas)

1. (dialectal) A river or watercourse.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Abbreviation

ea

1. Alternative form of ea.

Anagrams

• AE, a**e, a.e., ae, Æ, æ

References

• “ea”, in OED Online, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• ia

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille. Compare Daco-Romanian ea.

Pronoun

ea f ‎(plural eali)

1. (third-person feminine singular pronoun, nominative form) she

Synonyms

• nãsã/nãsa

Pronoun

ea f

1. (long/stressed accusative form) her

Related terms

• el/elu (masculine equivalent (third-person singular nominative))
• eali (feminine plural), elj (masculine or mixed plural)
• u (feminine singular accusative- short/unstressed form)
• (a) ljei (feminine singular genitive and feminine singular dative- long/stressed form)
• ãlj/ilj/lji (feminine singular dative- short/unstressed form)

See also

• io/iou, mini (first-person singular)
• tu, tini (second-person singular)
• noi (first-person plural)
• voi (second-person plural)
• nãsh, elj (third-person (masculine or mixed) plural)

Hawaiian

Noun

ea

1. sovereignty, rule
2. air, breath, gas, vapor
3. life, life force

Verb

ea

1. (intransitive) to rise, go up
2. (intransitive) to smell

Irish

Alternative forms

• eadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish ed ‎(“it”). Ultimately akin to English it, Latin id, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Pronoun

ea

1. it

Usage notes

• This pronoun is used only with the copula, in constructions that do not reference any noun.

Derived terms

• ní hea
• sea

Korean

Alternative forms

• 개 ‎(gae)

Etymology

From English ea. (each), wrongly understood as a counter.

Counter

ea

1. symbol of 개. item, piece, general counter for objects.

   총 10ea.

   5ea 정도.

Latin

Etymology

Inflected form of is

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/

Pronoun

ea

1. Nominative feminine singular of is: "she"
2. Nominative neuter plural of is: "those (things)".
3. Accusative neuter plural of is: "them (things)".

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.aː/

Pronoun

eā f

1. Ablative feminine singular of is

Adverb

eā ‎(not comparable)

1. there
2. that way
3. on that side

Related terms

• eāpropter
• eātenus

See also

References

• ea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ea”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae terra gignit
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae e terra gignuntur
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae a terra stirpibus continentur
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea quorum stirpes terra continentur (N. D. 2. 10. 26)
    
  • eastern, western Germany: Germania quae or Germaniae ea pars quae, ad orientem, occidentem vergit
    
  • to be of such and such an age: ea aetate, id aetatis esse
    
  • this is our natural tendency, our destiny; nature compels us: ita (ea lege, ea condicione) nati sumus
    
  • all depends on this; this is the decisive point: in ea re omnia vertuntur
    
  • with the intention of..: eo consilio, ea mente, ut
    
  • on condition of..: ea lege, ut
    
  • what is your opinion: quid de ea re fieri placet?
    
  • (ambiguous) I blame this in you; I censure you for this: hoc in te reprehendo (not ob eam rem)
    
  • (ambiguous) to happen to think of..: in eam cogitationem incidere
    
  • (ambiguous) to induce a person to think that..: aliquem ad eam cogitationem adducere ut
    
  • (ambiguous) to discuss a subject more fully on the same lines: plura in eam sententiam disputare
    
  • (ambiguous) peace is concluded on condition that..: pax convenit in eam condicionem, ut...
    
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Old English

Alternative forms

• ǣ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō ‎(“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ ‎(“water”). Akin to Old Frisian ā, ē, Old Saxon aha, Old High German aha, awa, Gothic 𐌰𐍈𐌰 ‎(ahwa) "river, waters". Also related to Icelandic á, Old English īeg "island".

Noun

ēa f

1. water
2. running water, river, stream

Declension

Descendants

• English: ea

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja/
• Rhymes: -a

Pronoun

ea f ‎(third-person singular, plural ele)

1. (nominative form) she

Declension

Synonyms

• dumneaei (polite form)

Pronoun

ea f ‎(stressed accusative form of ea)

1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") her

Related terms

• el (third-person masculine singular)
• ei (third-person masculine plural)
• ele (third-person feminine plural)

See also

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
• (Sursilvan) gie
• (Puter, Vallader) schi

Adverb

ea

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) yes (used to indicate agreement with a positive statement)

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
• (Sursilvan) bein
• (Sutsilvan) bagn
• (Surmiran) gea bagn
• (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, hei, bainschi hei
• (Vallader) hai, bainschi hai

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/

Interjection

ea

1. come on!, come now! (expressing encouragement)
2. so, and so, now (expressing resolution, preceding a willful resolution)

References

• “ea” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛ/

Adverb

ea

1. ever, at any time

English

Abbreviation

ea.

1. each

See also

• pc. (piece)
• pcs. (pieces)

Translations

Anagrams

• AE, a**e, a.e., ae, Æ, æ