concha

From Late Latin concha

concha (plural conchas or conchae or conchæ)

1. Any shell-shaped structure.
2. (anatomy) The deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone.
3. (anatomy) Any of the nasal conchae.
4. (architecture) An apse, or the plain semidome of an apse.

• Chacon, NACCHO

concha (plural conchas)

1. Conch shell.
2. External ear.

• conca

From Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “shell, mussel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kongʰ- (“shell, mussel”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.kʰa/, [ˈkɔŋ.kʰa]

concha f (genitive conchae); first declension

1. bivalve; mussel; mollusk
2. oyster shell, pearl oyster
3. a vessel for holding oil, unguents, salt, etc
4. holy water font
5. the triton's trumpet, in form like a snail shell

First declension.

• conchula

• concha in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• concha in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• concha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• concha in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• concha in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From Vulgar Latin *concla, from Latin conchula, diminutive of concha, from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē), from Proto-Indo-European *kongʰo-[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.ʃɐ/
• Hyphenation: con‧cha

concha f (plural conchas)

1. seashell
2. the shell of any mollusk
3. scoop; ladle (specialised spoon for serving)

• conchinha

From Latin conchula, diminutive of concha, from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “mussel”). Cognate with cuenca (“basin, socket”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkont͡ʃa/, [ˈkõnʲt͡ʃa]

concha f (plural conchas)

1. seashell
2. shell (mollusk)
3. (vulgar, Latin America) cunt

• conchudo
• conchasumadre
• conchatumadre
• tener conchas

• “concha” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.