conca

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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
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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 Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

conca f (genitive concae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of concha

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case 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’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)

  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

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