Noun: caragol
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | caragol |
| Plural m | caragols |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like caragol
urinari,
esferoide,
bolígraf,
dissentiment,
ajuntament,
serial,
serrat,
serral,
server,
servei,
depurador,
sextet,
sector,
secret,
secany,
secall,
seguit,
segell,
seient,
sedant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from *caracōlus, via metathesis, dissimilation, and change of stress of Vulgar Latin *cochleār, Latin cochlea (“snail”), from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). Cognate with Spanish and Portuguese caracol (“snail”). Compare with cullera (“spoon”). Alternatively, possibly of pre-Roman Indo-European origin. See: Latin Nouns '
cochlea', Ancient Greek Nouns '
κοχλίας'.
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