concha – English noun declension

English noun forms of concha

Noun: concha
Singularconcha
Pluralconchae; conchas

Sample Sentences

  • In Virginia, gone are the weekly outings to Walmart to stock up on provisions; to El Ranchito, the Mexican convenience store, to buy shell-shaped concha pastries; and to the laundromat to machine wash heavily soiled garments. [2020 October 19, Miriam Jordan, “Migrant Workers Restricted to Farms Under One Grower’s Virus Lockdown”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2020:]

Nouns inflected like concha

forma, fossa, vertebra, trachea, maxilla, lamina, lacuna, concha,

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin concha (“a mussel shell”). Doublet of conch.