bocal

See also: boçal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bocal.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: bōˈ kəl, bō kalˈ
  • IPA(key): /ˈboʊkəl/, /boʊˈkæl/

Noun

bocal (plural bocals)

  1. A curved, tapered metal tube which connects the reed of several double reed woodwind instruments (such as the cor anglais, bassoon, and contrabassoon) to the rest of the instrument.
  2. A cylindrical glass vessel with a short wide neck.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian boccale.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔ.kal/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

bocal m (plural bocaux)

  1. jar
  2. (fish) bowl

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From boca +‎ -al.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈkaw/ [boˈkaʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈkal/ [buˈkaɫ]

  • Homophones: bucal (Portugal), vocal (Porto)
  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: bo‧cal

Noun

bocal m (plural bocais)

  1. bit (metal in horse’s mouth)
    Synonyms: morso, bocado
  2. nozzle

References
  1. “bocal” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. “bocal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Noun

bocal n (plural bocaluri)

  1. Alternative form of pocal

Declension
Declension of bocal
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bocal bocalul (niște) bocaluri bocalurile
genitive/dative (unui) bocal bocalului (unor) bocaluri bocalurilor
vocative bocalule bocalurilor
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