Noun: caracol
Gender: m
Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧col
| Singular m | caracol |
| Plural m | caracoles |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like caracol
ionizador,
serbal,
serial,
serpol,
serval,
depurador,
sector,
sentir,
sensor,
senior,
sauzal,
sartal,
safrol,
santol,
saibey,
salmer,
urunday,
definidor,
cristóbal,
superconductor, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Uncertain. Possibly from a derivation of Vulgar Latin *cochleare, from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). See also cuchara. Alternatively, possibly of pre-Roman substrate origin.
2. Cognate with Portuguese caracol, Galician caracol, Asturian caracol, and Occitan caragol, from earlier cagarol. See: Latin Nouns '
cochlea', Ancient Greek Nouns '
κοχλίας', Portuguese Nouns '
caracol', Galician Nouns '
caracol', Asturian Nouns '
caracol'.
Verbs referencing "caracol"
French Nouns
caracole, Italian Nouns
caracollo.
Translations