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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French bocal.
Pronunciation
- enPR: bōˈ kəl, bō kalˈ
- IPA(key): /ˈboʊkəl/, /boʊˈkæl/
Noun
bocal (plural bocals)
- A curved, tapered metal tube which connects the reed of several double reed woodwind instruments (such as the cor anglais, bassoon, and contrabassoon) to the rest of the instrument.
- A cylindrical glass vessel with a short wide neck.
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian boccale.
Pronunciation
Noun
bocal m (plural bocaux)
- jar
- (fish) bowl
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From boca + -al.
Pronunciation
Noun
bocal m (plural bocais)
- an aperture
- brim (of a bottle or any other container)
- Encha até o bocal. ― Fill it up to the brim.
- Synonym: boca
- (construction) the metal piece into which a light bulb is inserted and rotated
- the part of the candlestick into which the candle is inserted
- (construction) parapet at the edge of a cistern or well
- lower part of a coat's sleeve
- in saddle animals
- leather strip initially used to tame a saddle animal
- silk or cotton strip that, in saddle animals, replaces the leather strip
- bit (metal in horse’s mouth)
- Synonyms: morso, bocado
- nozzle
- (music) a type of embouchure
- (medicine) a channel that, when fixated to the tip of a duct, regulates the liquid flux or is used to pass fluid
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References
Romanian
Noun
bocal n (plural bocaluri)
- Alternative form of pocal
Declension