cochlear
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒk.li.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.kli.ɚ/, /ˈkɑk.li.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɒkliə(ɹ), -əʊkliə(ɹ)
Adjective edit
cochlear (not comparable)
- (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cochlea.
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Translations edit
Translations
References edit
- “cochlear”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cochlear”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- coclear
- cochleāre, cocleāre
- cochleāris
- cochleārium, cocleārium, cocleārum
- cochl. (abbreviation in medicine and pharmacy)
Etymology edit
cochlea (“snail”, “snail-shell”) + -ar (suffix forming neuter nouns).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.kʰle.ar/, [ˈkɔkʰɫ̪eär]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.kle.ar/, [ˈkɔːkleär]
Noun edit
cochlear n (genitive cochleāris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cochlear | cochleāria |
Genitive | cochleāris | cochleārium |
Dative | cochleārī | cochleāribus |
Accusative | cochlear | cochleāria |
Ablative | cochleārī | cochleāribus |
Vocative | cochlear | cochleāria |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References edit
- “cŏclĕar (cochl-)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cŏchlĕăr et cŏchlĕāre in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “332/3”
- “coc(h)lear(e)” on page 341/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “cochlearis (mascul.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 194/2