cochlea

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cochlea (“snail”), from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɒk.lɪə/

Noun

cochlea (plural cochleas or cochleae)

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

Derived terms

cochlear

Translations

the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear

Afrikaans: koglea
Bulgarian: ушен охлюв (ušen ohljuv)
Catalan: còclea (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 耳蝸 (zh), 耳蜗 (zh) (ěrwō or ěrguā [Taiwan])
Czech: hlemýžď (cs) m
Finnish: simpukka (fi)
French: cochlée (fr) f
German: Hörschnecke
Greek: κοχλίας (el) m (kochlías)

Hungarian: csiga (hu)
Icelandic: kuðungur (is) m
Japanese: 蝸牛 (ja) (かぎゅう, kagyū)
Norwegian: sneglehuset
Portuguese: caracol (pt) m, cóclea f
Russian: ули́тка (ru) f (ulítka)
Spanish: cóclea (es) f
Swedish: hörselsnäcka (sv) c, öronsnäcka (sv) c, koklea (sv)
Tagalog: karakol

Latin

Alternative forms

coclea

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.kʰle.a/, [ˈkɔ.kʰɫe.a]

Noun

cochlea f (genitive cochleae); first declension

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cochlea	cochleae
Genitive	cochleae	cochleārum
Dative	cochleae	cochleīs
Accusative	cochleam	cochleās
Ablative	cochleā	cochleīs
Vocative	cochlea	cochleae

Derived terms

Descendants

Catalan: còclea
English: cochlea
Italian: chiocciola, coclea

Portuguese: cóclea
Romanian: ghioc
Spanish: cóclea

References

cochlea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cochlea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
cochlea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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