conca
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
conca f (plural conques)
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
conca f (plural conques)
- unmarried aunt (especially one who still lives in the family home)
- (derogatory) female equivalent of conco (“elderly bachelor”): spinster, old maid
- Synonym: fadrina vella
Further reading edit
- “conca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “conca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
conca f (plural conche)
Further reading edit
- conca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ka/, [ˈkɔŋkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ka/, [ˈkɔŋkä]
Noun edit
conca f (genitive concae); first declension
- Alternative form of concha
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | conca | concae |
| Genitive | concae | concārum |
| Dative | concae | concīs |
| Accusative | concam | concās |
| Ablative | concā | concīs |
| Vocative | conca | concae |
References edit
- conca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “conca”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Sicilian edit
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Noun edit
conca f (plural conchi)
- bowl
- (dated) an ancient stove, composed of a metal plate, circular and placed on a structure on the floor (u cuncheri), within which ardent embers were left to burn
- Synonym: stufa
- (geography) basin