coclear

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cochlear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.kleˈar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.kleˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.kleˈaɾ]

Adjective

coclear m or f (masculine and feminine plural coclears)

1. cochlear

Related terms

• còclea

Interlingua

Noun

coclear (plural cocleares)

1. spoon

Latin

Alternative forms

• cochlear

Etymology

From coclea (“snail shell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈko.kle.ar/, [ˈkɔkɫ̪eär]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.kle.ar/, [ˈkɔːkleär]

Noun

coclear n (genitive cocleāris); third declension

1. a spoonful
2. a spoon (scooped utensil for eating (or serving))

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coclear	cocleāria
Genitive	cocleāris	cocleārium
Dative	cocleārī	cocleāribus
Accusative	coclear	cocleāria
Ablative	cocleārī	cocleāribus
Vocative	coclear	cocleāria

Synonyms

• (a spoon): cocleārium

References

• “coclear”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• coclear in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “coclear”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “coclear”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cochlear, corresponding to cóclea +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.kleˈaʁ/ [ko.kleˈah], /ko.kliˈaʁ/ [ko.klɪˈah], (faster pronunciation) /koˈkljaʁ/ [koˈkljah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.kleˈaʁ/ [ko.kleˈah], /ko.kliˈaʁ/ [ko.klɪˈah], (faster pronunciation) /koˈkljaʁ/ [koˈkljah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko.kleˈaɾ/, /ko.kliˈaɾ/ [ko.klɪˈaɾ], (faster pronunciation) /koˈkljaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.kleˈaʁ/ [ko.kleˈaχ], /ko.kliˈaʁ/ [ko.klɪˈaχ], (faster pronunciation) /koˈkljaʁ/ [koˈkljaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.kleˈaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.kliˈaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /kuˈkljaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.kliˈaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /kuˈkljaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.kliˈa.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /kuˈklja.ɾi/

Adjective

coclear m or f (plural cocleares)

1. (anatomy) cochlear (of or relating to the cochlea)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kokleˈaɾ/ [ko.kleˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧cle‧ar

Adjective

coclear m or f (masculine and feminine plural cocleares)

1. (anatomy) cochlear

Derived terms

• vestibulococlear

 

Related terms

• cóclea

 

Further reading

• “coclear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014