concha
See also: Concha
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Late Latin concha (“a mussel shell”). Doublet of conch.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒŋ.kə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋ.kə/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒŋkə, (General American) -ɑŋkə
Noun edit
concha (plural conchae or (archaic) conchæ)
- Any shell-shaped structure:
- (anatomy) The deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone and leading to its central opening.
- (anatomy) Alternative form of nasal concha.
- (architecture) An apse, or the plain semidome of an apse.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “concha”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “concha”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
concha
- Alternative form of kankar
Anagrams edit
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
concha (plural conchas)
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “a mussel or cockle; a shell-like cavity”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.kʰa/, [ˈkɔŋkʰä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ka/, [ˈkɔŋkä]
Noun edit
concha f (genitive conchae); first declension
- A bivalve shellfish; a mollusk:
- A pearl oyster.
- A pearl.
- The purple-fish.
- A pearl oyster.
- A mussel shell.
- A snailshell.
- The Triton's trumpet, in form like a snailshell.
- Objects in the form of a mussel shell:
- A vessel for holding oil, unguents, salt, etc.
- Synonym of cunnus.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | concha | conchae |
Genitive | conchae | conchārum |
Dative | conchae | conchīs |
Accusative | concham | conchās |
Ablative | conchā | conchīs |
Vocative | concha | conchae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- West Iberian:
- Borrowings:
References edit
- “concha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “concha”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- concha 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)
- “concha”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “concha”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *concla, from Latin conchula, diminutive of concha, from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē), from Proto-Indo-European *kongʰo-[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: con‧cha
Noun edit
concha f (plural conchas)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “conch”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading edit
- “concha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin conchula, diminutive of concha, from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “mussel”). Cognate with cuenca (“basin, socket”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
concha f (plural conchas)
- seashell
- Synonym: (Isleño) coquilla
- shell (mollusk)
- (Mexico) a type of sweet bread (one that resembles a shell in design and in decoration)
- (vulgar, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay) pussy, cunt
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “concha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014