cochlea

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cochlea (“a snail”), from Ancient Greek κόχλιας (kókhlias, “a snail with a spiral shell”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cochlea (plural cochleae or cochleas)

  2. (anatomy) The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
  3. A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail.

Derived terms

Translations

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοχλῐ́ᾱς (kokhlĭ́ās, “snail with a spiral shell”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cochlea f (genitive cochleae); first declension

  1. snail
    in cochleam ― snail-shaped, in the shape of a spiral
    1. snailshell
  2. (metonymic)
    1. spiral (form of a snailshell)
    2. screw of a press
    3. Archimedes' screw, water screw, screw pump (machine for drawing water by raising it)
    4. A kind of revolving door.
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Inflection

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cochlea cochleae
genitive cochleae cochleārum
dative cochleae cochleīs
accusative cochleam cochleās
ablative cochleā cochleīs
vocative cochlea cochleae

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants
  • → Catalan: còclea
  • → English: cochlea
  • → Italian: coclea
  • → Portuguese: cóclea
  • → Spanish: cóclea

References

Further reading

  • “cochlea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cochlea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cochlea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “cochlea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “cochlea”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English cochlea.

Noun

cochlea m (plural cochleâu)

  1. (anatomy) cochlea
    Synonym: cogwrn clust (literally “ear's shell”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cochlea
radical soft nasal aspirate
cochlea gochlea nghochlea chochlea

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cochlea”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
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