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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin concha.
Noun
conca f (plural conques)
- bowl
- trough (for feeding pigs)
- Synonym: conc
- (geography) basin
- (anatomy) eye socket
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
conca f (plural conques)
- unmarried aunt (especially one who still lives in the family home)
- (derogatory) female equivalent of conco (“elderly bachelor”): spinster, old maid
- Synonym: fadrina vella
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
From Latin concha.
Pronunciation
Noun
conca f (plural conche)
- valley
- basin (geography)
- conch
Further reading
- conca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
conca f (genitive concae); first declension
- Alternative form of concha
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- conca 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)
- “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
Noun
conca f (plural conchi)
- bowl
- (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
- (geography) basin
Derived terms