cobla

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōpula. Doublet of còpula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkob.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈko.bla]

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Noun

cobla f (plural cobles)

1. (poetry) strophe (a pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based)
2. a traditional Catalan music group of wind instruments

Derived terms

• acoblar
• coblaire
• coble
• coblejar

Further reading

• “cobla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cobla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cobla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cobla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old Occitan

Etymology

Latin cōpula. See English couple.

Noun

cobla f (oblique plural coblas, nominative singular cobla, nominative plural coblas)

1. couplet (in poetry)

Related terms

• coble m
• coblejar
• coblejador m

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cōpula”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1159

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkobla/ [ˈko.β̞la]
• Rhymes: -obla
• Syllabification: co‧bla

Noun

cobla f (plural coblas)

1. (poetry) strophe

Further reading

• “cobla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025