conca

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkoŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkoŋ.ka]

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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

Derived terms

• concada

Related terms

• conquilla

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

• “conca”, 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
• “conca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

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

Anagrams

• nocca

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔŋ.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔŋ.ka]

Noun

conca f (genitive concae); first declension

1. alternative form of concha

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn.ka/

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

Derived terms

• accuncari
• accuncatu
• accuncàrisi
• cuncheri
• cunculiḍḍa
• ricònculu

Related terms

• caudijari
• caudu
• cravuni
• còciri
• focu
• tannura