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6-letter words (1 found)

CONCHA,

5-letter words (5 found)

ANCHO,CHACO,COACH,CONCH,NACHO,

4-letter words (7 found)

CHAO,CHOC,CHON,COCA,COCH,NACH,NOAH,

3-letter words (13 found)

ACH,CAN,CHA,CON,HAN,HAO,HOA,HOC,HON,NAH,NOH,OCA,OCH,

2-letter words (9 found)

AH,AN,CH,HA,HO,NA,NO,OH,ON,

You can make 35 words from concha according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of concha

concha

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

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.

Derived terms

  • conchula

Descendants

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

  • 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

Related terms

References

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]
  • 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

Further reading

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

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