conch

Oznaczający (Angielski)

Noun

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. The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
5. Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”).

Verb

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.

Koncepcje

muszla

Synonimy

shell

🐚

shellfish

concha

trumpet shell

seashell

conch shell

snail

🐌

nutshell

siren

spiral

test

trumpet

🎺

univalve

pelecypod

public knowledge

spiral shell

bowl

physa

cockle

gastropod

horn

monocoque

muscle

💪

nacre

Tłumaczenia

conque

concha

caracol

🐌

Strombus

caracola

búzio

Muschelschale

όστρακο

βούκινο

κογχύλιο

αχηβάδα

μπουρού

abattant

conche

conchiglia

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈkɒnt͡ʃ/

Etymologia (Angielski)

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