coquina

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish coquina (“cockle”), from Latin concha (“bivalve, mollusk; mussel”), from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “mussel; shell”). Related to conch and conk. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒˈkiː.nə/ (General American) IPA(key): /koʊˈkiː.nə/, /kɑˈkiː.nə/ Hyphenation: co‧qui‧na === Noun === coquina (countable and uncountable, plural coquinas) (countable) Any of several small marine clams, of the species Donax variabilis, common in United States coastal waters. [from mid 19th c.] (uncountable, geology) A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells, sometimes used as a building or road paving material. [from mid 19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== coquinoidal ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === coquina (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Donax variabilis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Donax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies == Latin == === Alternative forms === cocīna === Etymology === Feminine nominalization of coquīnus. Doublet of popīna. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔˈkʷiː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koˈkʷiː.na] === Noun === coquīna f (genitive coquīnae); first declension (Late Latin) cooking; art of cookery kitchen ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (kitchen): culīna ==== Related terms ==== coquīnō coquīnārius culīna ==== Descendants ==== See also cocīna. Lombard: cuvina (Vallemaggia) === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cŏquīna”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1169 === Further reading === “coquina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "coquina", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “coquina”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Sardinian == === Noun === coquina (Plural: coquinas) alternative spelling of cochina