Feminine
oca
Meaning
- (feminine) goose; gander (male)
- (feminine, figuratively) goose, silly goose, airhead (female)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ò‧ca
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɔ.ka/
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Catalan, Spanish, Venetan, and Sicilian oca, French oie, Occitan auca, Romansch auca, ocha, Friulian ocje, Dalmatian jauca.
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