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cochlea

/ˈkɒk.li.ə/US/ˈkoʊ.kli.ə/

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cochlea noun: the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.

Noun

cochlea (plural cochleae or cochleas)

  1. The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
  2. A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail.

cochlea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Sinhala and Tagalog

cochlea in Hindi

Translations
कर्णावर्त karṇāvart

cochlea in Tamil

உட்செவிக் சுருள், நத்தை எலும்பு, காக்ளியா, நத்தைச்சுருள், நத்தையெலும்பு, நத்தை

cochlea in Sinhala

Translations
කර්ණශංඛය karṇaśaṁkhaya

cochlea in Tagalog

Translations
karakol
More languagesFewer languages
cochlea in Indonesian
koklea
cochlea in Persian
حلزون گوش halazun-e guš
cochlea in Thai
หูชั้นในรูปหอยโข่ง
cochlea in Vietnamese
ốc tai

Forms of cochlea

pluralcochleae
pluralcochleas

Origin of cochlea

Borrowed from Latin cochlea (“a snail”), from Ancient Greek κόχλιας (kókhlias, “a snail with a spiral shell”).

Words formed from cochlea

Questions about cochlea

What does cochlea mean?
Cochlea means the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
What is cochlea in Hindi?
Cochlea in Hindi is कर्णावर्त (karṇāvart). See Cochlea meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cochlea?
Cochlea is a noun.
How do you pronounce cochlea?
Cochlea is pronounced /ˈkɒk.li.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of cochlea?
The plural of cochlea is cochleae.

Words near cochlea in the dictionary

  1. Cochise County
  2. Cochiti
  3. cochito
  4. cochitos
  5. Cochituate
  6. cochlea
  7. cochleae
  8. cochleagram
  9. cochleagrams
  10. cochlear
  11. cochlear duct

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cochlea (page history and authors); cochlea (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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