ghioc

== Romanian == === Alternative forms === ghioacă === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ok === Etymology 1 === Probably from the feminine variant form ghioacă, from Vulgar Latin root *cloca, following metathesis and syncopation of Latin cochlea, or possibly related to găoace (“snail, egg, or nut shell”), from *gău (from Latin cavum) + suffix -oc. ==== Noun ==== ghioc n (plural ghiocuri) cowrie (marine mollusc), or its shell ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== dezghioca ghiocel ===== See also ===== melc scoică === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== ghioc m (plural ghioci) (regional) cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) Synonym: albăstrea ===== Declension =====