bocal

See also: boçal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bocal.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bōˈ kəl, bō kalˈ
• IPA^(key): /ˈboʊkəl/, /boʊˈkæl/

Noun

bocal (plural bocals)

1. A curved, tapered metal tube which connects the reed of several double reed woodwind instruments (such as the cor anglais, bassoon, and contrabassoon) to the rest of the instrument.
2. A cylindrical glass vessel with a short wide neck.

Translations

metal tube connecting a double reed to the instrument

• Catalan: tudell m, bufador m
• French: bocal (fr)
• Icelandic: (on bassoons) ess n, (on instruments of the oboe family) krókur (is) m
• Spanish: tudel m

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian boccale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.kal/

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Noun

bocal m (plural bocaux)

1. jar
2. (fish) bowl

Further reading

• “bocal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

From boca +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈkaw/ [boˈkaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈkal/ [buˈkaɫ]

• Homophones: bucal (Portugal), vocal (Porto)
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: bo‧cal

Noun

bocal m (plural bocais)

1. an aperture
   1. brim (of a bottle or any other container)

      Encha até o bocal. ― Fill it up to the brim.

      Synonym: boca

   2. (construction) the metal piece into which a light bulb is inserted and rotated
   3. the part of the candlestick into which the candle is inserted
   4. (construction) parapet at the edge of a cistern or well
   5. lower part of a coat's sleeve
2. in saddle animals
   1. leather strip initially used to tame a saddle animal
   2. silk or cotton strip that, in saddle animals, replaces the leather strip
   3. bit (metal in horse’s mouth)

      Synonyms: morso, bocado

3. nozzle
4. (music) a type of embouchure
5. (medicine) a channel that, when fixated to the tip of a duct, regulates the liquid flux or is used to pass fluid

Related terms

• bocado

Romanian

Noun

bocal n (plural bocaluri)

1. Alternative form of pocal

Declension

Declension of bocal

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bocal	bocalul	(niște) bocaluri	bocalurile
genitive/dative	(unui) bocal	bocalului	(unor) bocaluri	bocalurilor
vocative	bocalule		bocalurilor