conca

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈkuŋ.kə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈkoŋ.kə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkoŋ.ka]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Latin concha.

    Noun

    conca f (plural conques)

    1. bowl
    2. trough (for feeding pigs)
      Synonym: conc
    3. (geography) basin
    4. (anatomy) eye socket
    Derived terms
    • concada

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    conca f (plural conques)

    1. unmarried aunt (especially one who still lives in the family home)
    2. (derogatory) female equivalent of conco (“elderly bachelor”): spinster, old maid
      Synonym: fadrina vella

    Further reading

    Italian

    Etymology

    From Latin concha.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkon.ka/
    • Rhymes: -onka
    • Hyphenation: cón‧ca

    Noun

    conca f (plural conche)

    1. valley
    2. basin (geography)
    3. conch

    Further reading

    • “conca”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

    Anagrams

    Latin

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    conca f (genitive concae); first declension

    1. alternative form of concha

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative conca concae
    genitive concae concārum
    dative concae concīs
    accusative concam concās
    ablative concā concīs
    vocative conca concae

    References

    • "conca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “conca”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

    Sicilian

    Etymology

    From Latin concha.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.ka/

    Noun

    conca f (plural conchi)

    1. bowl
    2. (dated) an ancient stove, composed of a metal plate, circular and placed on a structure on the floor (u cuncheri), within which ardent embers were left to burn
      Synonym: stufa
    3. (geography) basin

    Derived terms

    • accuncari
    • accuncatu
    • accuncàrisi
    • cuncheri
    • cunculiḍḍa
    • ricònculu
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