conch

See also: Conch

English

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conch

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Alternative forms

• conk, conque

Etymology

From Latin concha, from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē). Doublet of concha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnt͡ʃ/, /ˈkɒŋk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒntʃ, -ɒŋk

Noun

conch (plural conches or conchs)

1. A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
2. The shell of this sea animal.
3. A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
4. (architecture) The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
5. Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”).

Derived terms

• Bubonian conch
• cameo conch
• conchiform
• conchite
• conchology
• conchometry
• conker
• deuteroconch
• Eastern Pacific giant conch
• Florida horse conch
• line conch
• macroconch
• microconch
• nucleoconch
• protoconch
• queen conch
• teleoconch

Related terms

• congius

Translations

marine mollusc

Bhojpuri: शंख (śaṅkh) Finnish: siipikotilo French: conque (fr) f Galician: buguina (gl) f, carlou (gl) m German: Muschel (de) f, Meeresschnecke f Hindi: शंख (hi) m (śaṅkh) Hungarian: kagyló (hu) Icelandic: kuðungur (is) m Irish: sliogán (ga) m, trumpa sliogáin m Korean: 고둥 (godung) Malayalam: ശംഖ് (ml) (śaṅkhŭ) Maori: wahanui Maranao: tamboli' Portuguese: búzio (pt) m Spanish: caracola (es) f Tamil: சங்கு (ta) (caṅku)

shell of this sea animal

Catalan: conquilla (ca) f, carculla (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 螺貝 / 螺贝 (zh) (luóbèi) Finnish: siipikotilon kuori French: conque (fr) f Galician: buguina (gl) f, carlou (gl) m Hindi: शंख (hi) m (śaṅkh) Hungarian: kagylóhéj (hu) Irish: sliogán (ga) m Kabuverdianu: kónxa Korean: 조가비 (ko) (jogabi) Malayalam: ശംഖ് (ml) (śaṅkhŭ) Maori: wahanui Portuguese: búzio (pt) m Russian: ра́ковина (ru) f (rákovina) Spanish: concha (es) f, caracola (es) f Tamil: சங்கு (ta) (caṅku) Telugu: శంఖము (te) (śaṅkhamu) Turkish: deniz kabuğu

musical instrument

Galician: bucina (gl) f, apupo (gl) m Maguindanao: tambuli Malayalam: ശംഖ് (ml) (śaṅkhŭ) Maori: pūpakapaka, potipoti, pūmoana, pūtātara, pūtoto Ottoman Turkish: بوق (buk) Spanish: concha (es) f, bocina (es) Tamil: சங்கு (ta) (caṅku)

machine — see concher

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Interlingua: (please verify) concha Malayalam: (please verify) ശംഖ് (ml) (śaṅkhŭ) (4) Volapük: (please verify) koan (vo)

Verb

conch (third-person singular simple present conches, present participle conching, simple past and past participle conched)

1. To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
2. To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.

Translations

to refine the flavour of chocolate

German: conchieren (de)

to play a conch seashell