earwig (any insect of the order Dermaptera) · earworm (a tune that pops up in one's memory all of the time)
çekim: çoğul Ohrwürmer · tamlayan Ohrwurmes
eş: Ohrenkriecher, Ohrenkneifer, Ohrenpitscher, Ohrenschliefer, schliefen, Ohrenzwicker
köken: From Ohr (“ear”) + Wurm (“worm”). In ancient times, dried and ground animals of the order Dermaptera were used to treat ear diseases, which resulted in the Late Latin name auricula. Later the name was in error explained as “worm that enters the ear”.
🔊 Ein Mittel gegen den Ohrwurm soll sein, ein anderes Lied zu singen, also mitunter einen neuen Ohrwurm.
Mélodie, air, ou chanson qu’on retient trop facilement et dont on ne peut pas se débarrasser.
eş: air obsédant, chanson-velcro, obsession mélodique
obsession, preoccupation · catchphrase · a tiresome and boring person; a bugbear
çekim: çoğul tormentoni
eş: carruga, rovello
köken: From tormentare + -one.
Felemenkçe 🔊 oorwurm (eril) /ˈoːr.ʋʏrm/ earwig (insect of the order Dermaptera) · earworm (song that gets stuck in your head)
çekim: çoğul oorwurmen
köken: From Middle Dutch oorworm. Equivalent to oor (“ear”) + worm (“worm, critter”).
gum (single piece of chewing gum) · earworm (tune that keeps replaying in one's head)
çekim: çoğul chicletes
köken: Genericization from the trademark Chiclets. The senses pertaining to songs are a likely ellipsis of música chiclete.
🔊 Como esta música é produto acabado / Da sociedade de consumo imediato / Como tudo o que se comete nesta vida, chiclete
earworm
çekim: çoğul korvamadot · tamlayan korvamadon
köken: korva (“ear”) + mato (“worm”); calque of German Ohrwurm (“earworm”)