different between caracol vs caracoly

English

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ca?ra?col

Noun

caracol (plural caracols)

1. Alternative spelling of caracole

Verb

caracol (third-person singular simple present caracols, present participle caracolling, simple past and past participle caracolled)

1. Alternative spelling of caracole

Anagrams

• Larocca

Asturian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a derivation of Vulgar Latin *cochle?r, Latin cochlea (“snail”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). Confer with cuyar (“spoon”). Alternatively, possibly of pre-Roman Indo-European origin.

Noun

caracol m (plural caracoles)

1. snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)

   Synonym: cascoxu

Galician

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a derivation of Vulgar Latin *cochle?r, Latin cochlea (“snail”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). Confer with culler (“spoon”). Alternatively, possibly of pre-Roman Indo-European origin.

Noun

caracol m (plural caracois)

1. snail

   Synonyms: cornacho, cornacha, sesillo, cosco

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a derivation of Vulgar Latin *cochle?r, Latin cochlea (“snail”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). Confer with colher (“spoon”). Alternatively, possibly of pre-Roman Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.?a.?k?w/
• Rhymes: -?w

Noun

caracol m (plural caracóis)

1. snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)
2. curl (a lock of curly hair)
3. (anatomy) cochlea (the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear)

   Synonym: cóclea

Related terms

• caramujo, lesma, escargô, molusco, gastrópode
• encaracolar, encaracolado

Further reading

• caracol on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a derivation of Vulgar Latin *cochleare, from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). See also cuchara. Alternatively, possibly of pre-Roman Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?a?kol/, [ka.?a?kol]

Noun

caracol m (plural caracoles)

1. snail
2. (anatomy) cochlea

Derived terms

• escalera de caracol

Descendants

• ? Italian: caracollo

Further reading

• “caracol” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Noun

caracoly (uncountable)

1. An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, used to make jewellery of inferior quality.