concha
See also: Concha
English
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed 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
editconcha (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
editReferences
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
editNoun
editconcha
- Alternative form of kankar
Anagrams
editInterlingua
editNoun
editconcha (plural conchas)
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “a mussel or cockle; a shell-like cavity”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkon.kʰa/, [ˈkɔŋkʰä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ka/, [ˈkɔŋkä]
Noun
editconcha f (genitive conchae); first declension
- A bivalve shellfish; a mollusk; a conch
- 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
editFirst-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
editDescendants
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
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editconcha f (plural conchas)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
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
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin conchula, diminutive of concha, from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “mussel”). Cognate with cuenca (“basin, socket”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editconcha 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
editFurther reading
edit- “concha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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