oca
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/OxalisTuberosa.jpg/250px-OxalisTuberosa.jpg)
Etymology
Peruvian name. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
oca (countable and uncountable, plural ocas)
- Any of certain species of Oxalis (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., and Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.) which bear edible tubers.
Further reading
oca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Oxalis crenata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Oxalis tuberosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Oxalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 170: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., from Vulgar Latin *auca, contraction of *avica, from classical Latin avis. Compare Spanish oca, Occitan auca, Franco-Provençal ôye, French oie.
Pronunciation
Noun
oca f (plural oques)
Crimean Tatar
Noun
oca
Synonyms
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *auca, contraction of *avica, from classical Latin avis. Compare Catalan, Venetian, and Sicilian oca, French oie, Occitan auca, Romansh auca, ocha, Friulian ocje, Dalmatian jauca.
Pronunciation
Noun
oca f (plural oche)
- goose; gander (male)
- (figuratively) goose, silly goose, airhead (female)
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See also
Portuguese
Noun
oca f (plural ocas)
Adjective
oca
- (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective oco.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
oca f (plural ocale)
Declension
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *auca, contraction of *avica, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”).
Noun
oca f (plural ocas)
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
oca
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *auca (“goose”), contraction of *avica (“(familiar) bird”), from Latin avis (“bird”).
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/White_goose.jpg/220px-White_goose.jpg)
Noun
oca f (plural ocas)
- (chiefly Spain) A goose, especially of the domestic European variety and with a white or grey plumage.
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Etymology 2
Noun
oca f (plural ocas)
- English lemmas
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- en:Oxalidales order plants
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