different between ocra vs oca

English

Noun

ocra (countable and uncountable, plural ocras)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of okra.
   • 1679, Thomas Trapham, A Discourse of the State of Health in the Island of Jamaica..., pp. 59–60:

     ...as a food easy of digestion may well be admitted likewise the young Ocra an agreeable Food as well for the species as individual, dressed variously according to pleasure...

   • 1707, Hans Sloane, A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados..., Vol. I, p. 222:

     Ocra, this has a round green stem, which rises straight up to ten or twelve foot high.

References

• “okra, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2004

Anagrams

• AOCR, Arco, Caro, Cora, RAOC, Roca, acro, acro-, arco, orca

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ocras, ocrât

Verb

ocra

1. third-person singular past historic of ocrer

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ?chra, from Ancient Greek ???? (?khra, “pale yellow”).

Adjective

ocra (invariable)

1. tawny

Noun

ocra f (plural ocre)

1. ochre

Anagrams

• acro
• arco
• caro
• orca
• roca

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ocre
• oca (dated, colloquial)

Noun

ocra f (plural ocras)

1. ochre (earth pigment containing silica, aluminium and ferric oxide)

Spanish

Etymology

From a West African language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ok?a/, [?o.k?a]

Noun

ocra m (plural ocras)

1. (El Salvador) okra, Abelmoschus esculentus

   Synonym: quingombó

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.

Noun

oca (countable and uncountable, plural ocas)

1. Any of certain species of Oxalis (Oxalis crenata, and Oxalis tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.

Translations

Further reading

• Oca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oxalis crenata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Oxalis tuberosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Oxalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• AOC, CAO, COA, Cao, CoA, OAC, coa

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], inherited from Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Italian oca, Spanish oca, Occitan auca, Franco-Provençal ôye, French oie.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??.k?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /??.ka/

Noun

oca f (plural oques)

1. goose

Further reading

• “oca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “oca” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “oca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “oca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

oca

1. teacher

Synonyms

• muallim
• müderris

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Catalan, Spanish, Venetian, and Sicilian oca, French oie, Occitan auca, Romansh auca, ocha, Friulian ocje, Dalmatian jauca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ka/

Noun

oca f (plural oche)

1. goose; gander (male)
2. (figuratively) goose, silly goose, airhead (female)

Related terms

• ocarina
• ocaggine
• ochetta
• pelle d'oca
• volpoca

See also

• papero

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o??/

Pronoun

oca

1. third-person singular masculine dative of oc

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Tupi oka (“house”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.k?/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. a Native American hut, especially one made from plant material such as bamboo, tree trunks, straw and palm leaves

Etymology 2

From oco (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?o.k?/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. cavity (excavated hollow)

   Synonyms: cavidade, buraco

Adjective

oca

1. feminine singular of oco

Alternative forms

• ôca (obsolete)

Etymology 3

From ocra

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.k?/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (dated, colloquial) Alternative form of ocra (“ochre clay”)

Etymology 4

From Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.k?/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. oca (Oxalis tuberosa, a plant grown for its edible tuber)

Etymology 5

From Ottoman Turkish ?????.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.k?/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (historical, rare) oka (Ottoman unit of weight)

Alternative forms

• oka

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (okka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?ka/

Noun

oca f (plural ocale)

1. weight of about three pounds
2. liquid measure of about three pints

Declension

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) auca
• (Puter, Vallader) ocha

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”).

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) goose

Sardinian

Etymology

From Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Catalan, Spanish, Venetian, and Sicilian oca, French oie, Occitan auca, Romansh auca, ocha, Friulian ocje, Dalmatian jauca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oka/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. goose

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oca

1. genitive singular of otac
2. accusative singular of otac

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ot?sa]

Noun

oca

1. genitive/accusative singular of oco

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?oka/, [?o.ka]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin auca (“goose”), syncope of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”).

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (chiefly Spain) goose, especially of the domestic European variety and with a white or grey plumage

   Synonyms: ánsar, ganso

Derived terms

• juego de la oca
• oca común

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua uqa.

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber

Further reading

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