conch

See also: Conch

English

conch

Alternative forms

conk, conque

Etymology

From Latin concha. Doublet of concha.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɒnt͡ʃ/, /kɒŋk/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒntʃ, -ɒŋk

Noun

conch (plural conches or conchs)

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

Derived terms

cameo conch
deuteroconch
Florida horse conch
line conch
protoconch
queen conch

Related terms

congius

Translations

marine mollusc

Finnish: siipikotilo
French: conque (fr)
Galician: buguina (gl) f, carlou (gl) m
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 f

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)
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 f
Telugu: శంఖము (te) (śaṅkhamu)

musical instrument

Galician: bucina (gl) f, apupo (gl) m
Maguindanao: tambuli
Malayalam: ശംഖ് (ml) (śaṅkhŭ)
Maori: pūpakapaka, potipoti, pūmoana, pūtātara, pūtoto
Spanish: concha (es) f, bocina (es)

machine — see concher

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Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} concha
Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} ശംഖ് (ml) (śaṅkhŭ) (Samkhu) (4)
Volapük: ^{(please verify)} koan (vo)

Verb

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

To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
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