concha

Meaning

1. Any shell-shaped structure
2. Any shell-shaped structure:
3. (alt-of, alternative) Any shell-shaped structure:
4. An apse, or the plain semidome of an apse.

Synonyms

conch

external ear

auricle

first

1st

outer ear

👂

pinna

shell

🐚

vulva

apse

nail unguis

apsis

Translations

κόγχη

yarım kubbe

Apsis

Ohrmuschel

Koncha

äußeres Ohr

Altarnische

αψίδα

abside

apside

abside

apside

concha

àpside

oorschelp

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒŋ.kə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin concha (“a mussel shell”). Doublet of conch.