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otacousticon

UK/əʊtəˈkuːstɪkɒn/

otacousticon noun: an instrument to aid hearing, such as an ear trumpet or hearing aid.

Noun

otacousticon (plural otacousticons)

  1. (archaic) An instrument to aid hearing, such as an ear trumpet or hearing aid.
    • […] Gyges' invisible ring, or some rare perspective glass, or otacousticon, which would so multiply species that a man might hear and see all at once […]., New York Review of Books, 2001, p.69

otacousticon meaning in Bengali

otacousticon in Bengali

শ্রবণে সহায়তাকারী একটি যন্ত্র

Forms of otacousticon

pluralotacousticons

Origin of otacousticon

From combining form of Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs, “ear”) + ἀκουστικόν (akoustikón), neuter of ἀκουστικός (akoustikós, “acoustic”).

Questions about otacousticon

What does otacousticon mean?
Otacousticon means an instrument to aid hearing, such as an ear trumpet or hearing aid.
What is otacousticon in Bengali?
Otacousticon in Bengali is শ্রবণে সহায়তাকারী একটি যন্ত্র. See Otacousticon meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is otacousticon?
Otacousticon is a noun.
How do you pronounce otacousticon?
Otacousticon is pronounced /əʊtəˈkuːstɪkɒn/ (UK).
What is the plural of otacousticon?
The plural of otacousticon is otacousticons.

Words near otacousticon in the dictionary

  1. OT3
  2. OT3s
  3. OTA
  4. otacore
  5. otacoustic
  6. otacousticon
  7. otacousticons
  8. otacoustics
  9. otagei
  10. Otago
  11. otah-otah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: otacousticon (page history and authors); otacousticon (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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