cochlear

English

Etymology

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English cochlea

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -ārisbor.

English -ar

English cochlear

From cochlea + -ar.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒk.li.ə/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American, Atlantic Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊ.kli.ɚ/, /ˈkɑ.kli.ɚ/
(Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒk.li.ə/
(Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔk.li.ə/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔ̟k.li.ə]
Rhymes: -ɒkliə(ɹ), -əʊkliə(ɹ)

Adjective

cochlear (not comparable)

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the cochlea.

Derived terms

Related terms

cochleary

Translations

Afrikaans: kogleêr
Catalan: coclear (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 耳蝸的 / 耳蜗的 (zh) (ěrwōde, ěrguāde (Taiwan))
Finnish: simpukan (fi) (genitive of noun)
French: cochléaire (fr) m or f
Galician: coclear
Greek: κοχλιακός (el) (kochliakós)
Italian: cocleare
Portuguese: coclear
Russian: кохлеа́рный (ru) (koxleárnyj)
Spanish: coclear

References

“cochlear”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“cochlear”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Alternative forms

coclear
cochleāre, cocleāre
cochleāris
cochleārium, cocleārium, cocleārum
cochl. (abbreviation in medicine and pharmacy)

Etymology

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Ancient Greek κόχλος (kókhlos)

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās)

Ancient Greek κοχλῐ́ᾱς (kokhlĭ́ās)bor.

Latin cochlea

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin -āre

Latin -ar

Latin cochlear

From cochlea (“snail”, “snail-shell”) + -ar (suffix forming neuter nouns).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔ.kʰɫe.ar]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.kle.ar]

Noun

cochlear n (genitive cochleāris); third declension

a spoon
a spoonful (as a measure for liquids)
1. (specifically, in medicine and pharmacy) a spoonful (a measurement of dose, equal to half a cheme or ¹⁄₁₄₄ of a cotyla)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	cochlear	cochleāria
genitive	cochleāris	cochleārium
dative	cochleārī	cochleāribus
accusative	cochlear	cochleāria
ablative	cochleārī	cochleāribus
vocative	cochlear	cochleāria

Derived terms

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: cucchiaio
- Neapolitan: cucchiaro
- Sicilian: cucchiara
- → Maltese: kuċċarina
Padanian:
- Emilian: cuciar, cuciär, cucèr
  - → Piedmontese: cuciar
    - → Franco-Provençal: cuchâr
- Ligurian: cugiâ
- Lombard: cugiar
- Piedmontese:
  Occidental: cujé, chier
  
  Oriental: cugé
- Romagnol: cucèra, cuceara, cucèr
- Venetan: cuciàro
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: culyér, culyére
- Norman: quillier, quillière
- Old French: cuiller, cuilliere
  - French: cuiller, cuillère
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: cullera, cullara, culler
- Catalan: cullera
- Occitan: culhièr, culhier
  Auvergnat: culhèir, cuhlèira
  
  Gascon: culhèr, culher, culhèra, culhera
  
  Vivaro-Alpine: cuilher, cuilhera, culièra
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: cuyar
    - Leonese: cuyar
  - Mirandese: colhar
- Old Galician-Portuguese: cullar, collar
  - Galician: collar, cullar; coller, culler (influenced by Old French cuiller)
  - Portuguese: colher (influenced by Old French cuiller)
  - Kabuverdianu: kudjer
- Old Spanish:
  - Ladino: kuchara
  - Spanish: cuchara
    - Cebuano: kutsara
    - Hiligaynon: kutsara
    - Papiamentu: kuchara
    - Tagalog: kutsara
Borrowings:
- Basque: koilara
- Esperanto: kulero
  - Ido: kuliero
- Interlingua: coclear

References

“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