conch

See also: Conch

English

conch

Alternative forms

• conk, conque

Etymology

From Latin concha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒntʃ/, /kɒŋk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒntʃ, -ɒŋk

Noun

conch (plural conches or conchs)

1. A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
2. The shell of this sea animal.
3. A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
4. (architecture) The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
5. Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”)

Related terms

• congius

Derived terms

• deuteroconch
• protoconch

Translations

marine mollusc

• Finnish: siipikotilo
• French: conque (fr)
• Galician: buguina f, carlou m
• Hindi: शंख (hi) m (śaṅkh)
• Hungarian: kagyló (hu)

• Irish: sliogán (ga) m
• Maori: wahanui
• Portuguese: búzio (pt) m
• Spanish: caracola f

shell of this sea animal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 螺貝 (zh), 螺贝 (zh) (luóbèi)

• Finnish: siipikotilon kuori
• French: conque (fr)
• Galician: buguina f, carlou m
• Hindi: शंख (hi) m (śaṅkh)
• Hungarian: kagylóhéj (hu)
• Irish: sliogán (ga) m

• Kabuverdianu: kónxa
• Korean: 조가비 (ko) (jogabi)
• Maori: wahanui
• Portuguese: búzio (pt) m
• Russian: ра́ковина (ru) f (rákovina)
• Spanish: concha (es) f, caracola f
• Telugu: శంఖము (te) (śaṅkhamu)

musical instrument

• Galician: bucina f, apupo m
• Maori: pūpakapaka, potipoti, pūmoana, pūtātara, pūtoto

• Spanish: concha (es) f

machine — see concher

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• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} concha
• Malayalam: ശംഖ് (Samkhu) (4)

• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} koan (vo)

Verb

conch (third-person singular simple present conches, present participle conching, simple past and past participle conched)

1. To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
2. To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.

Translations

to refine the flavour of chocolate

• German: conchieren (de)

to play a conch seashell