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Adjective

coclear m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural coclears)

1. cochlear

Related terms

• còclea

Interlingua

Noun

coclear ‎(plural cocleares)

1. spoon

Latin

Alternative forms

• cochlear

Etymology

From coclea ‎(“snail shell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.kle.ar/, [ˈkɔ.kɫe.ar]

Noun

coclear n ‎(genitive cocleāris); third declension

1. a spoonful
2. a spoon (scooped utensil for eating (or serving))

Inflection

Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.

Synonyms

• (a spoon): cocleārium

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin cochlear.

Adjective

coclear m, f ‎(plural cocleares, comparable)

1. (anatomy) cochlear (of or pertaining to the cochlea)