concha

See also: Concha

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin concha (“a mussel shell”). Doublet of conch.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋ.kə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋ.kə/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒŋkə, (General American) -ɑŋkə

Noun

concha (plural conchae or (archaic) conchæ)

1. Any shell-shaped structure:
   1. (anatomy) The deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone and leading to its central opening.
   2. (anatomy) Alternative form of nasal concha.
2. (architecture) An apse, or the plain semidome of an apse.

Derived terms

• conchal
• inferior nasal concha
• superior nasal concha

 

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

concha

1. Alternative form of kankar

Anagrams

• Chacon, Chanco, NACCHO

Interlingua

Noun

concha (plural conchas)

1. Conch shell.
2. External ear.

Latin

Alternative forms

• conca

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “a mussel or cockle; a shell-like cavity”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.kʰa/, [ˈkɔŋkʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ka/, [ˈkɔŋkä]

Noun

concha f (genitive conchae); first declension

1. A bivalve shellfish; a mollusk:
   1. A pearl oyster.
      1. A pearl.
   2. The purple-fish.
2. A mussel shell.
   1. A snailshell.
   2. The Triton's trumpet, in form like a snailshell.
3. Objects in the form of a mussel shell:
4. A vessel for holding oil, unguents, salt, etc.
5. Synonym of cunnus.

Declension

First-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

• conchula

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: conca
  • Neapolitan: conga
  • Sicilian: conca
• North Italian:
  • Ligurian: conca
  • Lombard: conca
  • Piedmontese: conca
  • Romagnol: cônca
  • Venetian: conca
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: concha, couencha
  • Old French: conche
    • Middle French: conche
      • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: coinche
      • Bourguignon: conche
      • French: conche
      • Lorrain: condge, conge
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: conca
  • Old Occitan: conca
    • Occitan: conca

      Limousin: conche

    • → Basque: gonka
• West Iberian:
  • Aragonese: cuenco
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: conca, cunca
    • Galician: conca, cunca
    • Portuguese: conca
  • Old Spanish: cuenco, cuenca
    • Spanish: cuenco, cuenca
• Borrowings:
  • → Albanian: kungë
  • → English: conch, conk, conque; concha
  • → French: conque
  • → Polish: koncha

References

• “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

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *concla, from Latin conchula, diminutive of concha, from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē), from Proto-Indo-European *kongʰo-

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.ʃɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.ʃa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.t͡ʃɐ/

• Hyphenation: con‧cha

Noun

concha f (plural conchas)

1. seashell
2. the shell of any mollusk
3. scoop; ladle (specialised spoon for serving)

Derived terms

• conchinha

 

Related terms

• conchado
• concharia
• concheado
• conchear
• concheira
• conchoso

 

Further reading

• “concha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin conchula, diminutive of concha, from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “mussel”). Cognate with cuenca (“basin, socket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkont͡ʃa/ [ˈkõnʲ.t͡ʃa]

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• Rhymes: -ontʃa
• Syllabification: con‧cha

Noun

concha f (plural conchas)

1. seashell

   Synonym: (Isleño) coquilla

2. shell (mollusk)
3. (Mexico) a type of sweet bread (one that resembles a shell in design and in decoration)
4. (vulgar, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay) pussy, cunt

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Derived terms

• concha de peregrino
• concha de perla
• concha de tu madre
• conchal
• conchasumadre
• conchatumadre
• conchero
• conchesumadre
• conchudo
• la concha de la lora
• reconcha
• servir concha
• tener conchas

 

Further reading

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