cóclea
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɔ.kljɐ/
cóclea is spelled C-Ó-C-L-E-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 89,875th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cóclea is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cochlea (the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espiral”.
What does cóclea mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecochlea (the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espiral 2. na Antiguidade clássica, dispositivo helicoidal rotativo utilizado para a elevação de líquidos; bomba 3. parte presente no ouvido interno, anterior ao labirinto, utilizada para a audição
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cóclea
- cócleas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cóclea?
- Brazil /ˈkɔ.kljɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkɔ.kli.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkɔ.kljɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cóclea
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cóclea in Portuguese?
cóclea appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).