cochlear

English

Etymology

cochlea +‎ -ar

Adjective

cochlear (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cochlea.

Derived terms

• cochlear implant
• cochlearly
• intracochlear
• noncochlear
• postcochlear
• sacculocochlear
• vestibulocochlear

 

Translations

of or pertaining to the cochlea

• Afrikaans: kogleêr
• Catalan: coclear (ca) m or f
• Finnish: simpukan (genitive of noun)
• French: cochléaire (fr) m or f
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• Italian: cocleare
• Portuguese: coclear
• Russian: кохлеарный (ru) (koxlearnyj)
• Spanish: coclear

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Latin

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cochlear n (genitive cochleāris); third declension

1. a spoon
2. 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).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cochlear	cochleāria
Genitive	cochleāris	cochleārium
Dative	cochleārī	cochleāribus
Accusative	cochlear	cochleāria
Ablative	cochleārī	cochleāribus
Vocative	cochlear	cochleāria

Derived terms

• cochlear amplum
• cochlear magnum
• cochlear medium
• cochlear parvum
• cochleārium

Descendants

• Aragonese: cullara
• Basque: koilara
• Catalan: cullera
• Interlingua: coclear
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: cuyar
  • Leonese: cuyar
  • Mirandese: colhar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: collar, cullar
  • Portuguese: colher (influenced by Old French cuiller)
    • Kabuverdianu: kudjer
  • Galician: culler (influenced by Old French cuiller)
• Old Spanish:
  • Ladino: kuchara
  • Spanish: cuchara
    • Cebuano: kutsara
    • Hiligaynon: kutsara
    • Papiamentu: kuchara
    • Tagalog: kutsara

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