ea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A river or watercourse.
det
  1. Alternative form of ea.
noun
  1. Initialism of executive assistant.
  2. Initialism of estate agent.
  3. Initialism of enrolled agent.
  4. Initialism of educational assistant.
  5. Initialism of ethyl acetate.
  6. Initialism of environmental assessment.
  7. Initialism of enterprise architecture.
  8. Initialism of evolutionary algorithm.
  9. Initialism of effective altruism.
  10. Initialism of effective altruist.
name
  1. Initialism of Environment Agency.
  2. Initialism of Eid al-Adha.
  3. Initialism of East Africa.
  4. Initialism of Electronic Arts.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of elastane
name
  1. The name of Enki in Akkadian and Babylonian mythology.

Pronunciation

/ˈiː(ə)/

Word forms

ea eas

Etymology

From Middle English ee, ea, æ, from Old English ēa (“river”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu (“waters, river”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Compare English aqua. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian ia (“river”), Saterland Frisian Äi (“river”), West Frisian ie (“water, stream”), Dutch a (“water, stream”), German Ache (“water, stream, river, flood”), Danish å (“stream, creek”), Swedish å (“stream, creek”), Icelandic á (“stream, river”), Latin aqua (“water”).

Synonyms

EA

Related words

Derived words

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