different between bocal vs focal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bocal.

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?? k?l, b? kal?
• IPA^(key): /?bo?k?l/, /bo??kæl/

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): /b?.kal/

Noun

bocal m (plural bocaux)

1. jar
2. (fish) bowl

Further reading

• “bocal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Etymology

boca +? -al.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bo?cal
• Homophone: bucal (Portugal)

Noun

bocal m (plural bocais)

1. bit (metal in horse’s mouth)

   Synonyms: morso, bocado

2. nozzle

Related terms

• bocado

References

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin foc?lis; synchronically analyzable as focus +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??.kl?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fo?.kl?/
• Rhymes: -??k?l

Adjective

focal (not comparable)

1. Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus.

   Antonyms: nonfocal, widespread

2. (medicine) Limited to a small area.

   Antonyms: nonfocal, locoregional, systemic, widespread

Derived terms

• focal length
• focal plane
• focal point

Translations

Noun

focal (plural focals)

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin foc?lis.

Adjective

focal (feminine singular focale, masculine plural focaux, feminine plural focales)

1. focal

Derived terms

• distance focale

Further reading

• “focal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish focul, from Proto-Celtic *woxtlom, from Proto-Indo-European *wok?tlom, from *wek?-.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /?f??k?l?/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /?f??k?l?/

Noun

focal m (genitive singular focail, nominative plural focail)

1. word
   1. phrase, remark, observation, saying

      —Proverb

   2. intelligence, message
   3. order
   4. promise, assurance

Declension

• Alternative plural: focla (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• "focal" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “focal, focull”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin foc?lis.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fo?cal
• Rhymes: -al, -aw

Adjective

focal m or f (plural focais, comparable)

1. (optics) focal (relating to foci)
2. (medicine) focal (limited to a small area)

Related terms

• foco

Romanian

Etymology

From French focal

Adjective

focal m or n (feminine singular focal?, masculine plural focali, feminine and neuter plural focale)

1. focal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin foc?lis.

Adjective

focal (plural focales)

1. focal