coclear

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cochlear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ku.kle̞ˈar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.kleˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.kleˈar]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.kleˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ko.kleˈar]

Adjective

coclear m or f (masculine and feminine plural coclears)

1. cochlear

Related terms

• còclea

Interlingua

Noun

coclear (plural cocleares)

1. spoon

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

coclear n (genitive cocleāris); third declension

1. alternative form of cochlear

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	coclear	cocleāria
genitive	cocleāris	cocleārium
dative	cocleārī	cocleāribus
accusative	coclear	cocleāria
ablative	cocleārī	cocleāribus
vocative	coclear	cocleāria

Synonyms

• (a spoon): cocleārium

References

• “coclear”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “coclear”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “coclear”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “coclear”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cochlear, corresponding to cóclea +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.kleˈaʁ/ [ko.kleˈah], /ko.kliˈaʁ/ [ko.kliˈah], (faster) /koˈkljaʁ/ [koˈkljah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.kleˈaʁ/ [ko.kleˈah], /ko.kliˈaʁ/ [ko.kliˈah], (faster) /koˈkljaʁ/ [koˈkljah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko.kleˈaɾ/, /ko.kliˈaɾ/, (faster) /koˈkljaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.kleˈaʁ/ [ko.kleˈaχ], /ko.kliˈaʁ/ [ko.kliˈaχ], (faster) /koˈkljaʁ/ [koˈkljaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ko.kleˈaɻ/, /ko.kliˈaɻ/, (faster) /koˈkljaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.kliˈaɾ/, (faster) /kuˈkljaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.kliˈaɾ/, (faster) /kuˈkljaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.kliˈa.ɾi/, (faster) /kuˈklja.ɾi/

Adjective

coclear m or f (plural cocleares)

1. (anatomy) cochlear (of or relating to the cochlea)

Further reading

• “coclear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “coclear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kokleˈaɾ/ [ko.kleˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧cle‧ar

Adjective

coclear m or f (masculine and feminine plural cocleares)

1. (anatomy) cochlear

Derived terms

• vestibulococlear

Related terms

• cóclea

Further reading

• “coclear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026