Clipping ofEnglishOcaina.
oca
- (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forOcaina.
Oca (Oxalis tuberosa), peruvianBorrowed fromSpanishoca, fromQuechuauqa.
oca (countable anduncountable,pluralocas)
- Any of speciesOxalis tuberosa (syn.Oxalis crenata), which bear edibletubers.
oca m orf (pluraloques)
- algae
- Synonym:ocla
Inherited fromOld Catalanoca, fromLate Latinauca, syncopated from*avica, from classicalLatinavis(“bird”). CompareOccitanauca,Frenchoie,Spanishoca.
oca f (pluraloques)
- goose
- “oca”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “oca”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025
- “oca” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “oca” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Borrowed fromPersian[Term?].
oca
- teacher
- Synonyms:muallim,müderris
Inherited fromLate Latinauca, syncope of*avica, fromClassical Latinavis(“bird”). CompareCatalan,Spanish,Venetan, andSicilianoca,Frenchoie,Occitanauca,Romanschauca,ocha,Friulianocje,Dalmatianjauca.
oca f (pluraloche,diminutiveochinaorochétta,augmentativeocóna,pejorativeocàccia)
- goose;gander (male)
- (figurative)goose,silly goose,airhead (female)
- oca inCollins Italian-English Dictionary
- oca in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
oca
- third-personsingularmasculinedative ofoc
FromOld Tupioka(“house”). CompareGuaraníóga.
oca f (pluralocas)
- a Native Americanhut, especially one made from plant material such as bamboo, tree trunks, straw and palm leaves
Fromoco(“hollow”).
oca f (pluralocas)
- cavity(excavated hollow)
- Synonyms:cavidade,buraco
oca
- femininesingular ofoco
Fromocra.
oca f (pluralocas)
- (dated, colloquial)alternative form ofocra(“ochre clay”)
FromSpanishoca, fromQuechuauqa.
oca f (pluralocas)
- oca(Oxalis tuberosa, a plant grown for its edible tuber)
FromOttoman Turkishاوقه.
oca f (pluralocas)
- (historical, rare)oka(Ottoman unit of weight)
Borrowed fromOttoman Turkishاوقه(okka).
oca f (pluralocale)
- weight of about threepounds
- liquid measure of about threepints
Inherited fromLate Latinauca, syncope of*avica, from ClassicalLatinavis(“bird”).
oca f (pluralocas)
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)goose
FromLate Latinauca, syncope of*avica, from classicalLatinavis(“bird”). CompareCatalan,Spanish,Venetan, andSicilianoca,Frenchoie,Occitanauca,Romanschauca,ocha,Friulianocje,Dalmatianjauca.
oca f (pluralocas)
- goose
oca (Cyrillic spellingоца)
- genitive/accusativesingular ofotac
oca
- genitive/accusativesingular ofoco
- IPA(key): /ˈoka/[ˈo.ka]
- Rhymes:-oka
- Syllabification:o‧ca
Inherited fromLate Latinauca(“goose”), syncope of*avica, fromLatinavis(“bird”).
Lasocas en un campo embarrado.oca f (pluralocas)
- (chiefly Spain)goose, especially of the domestic European variety and with a white or greyplumage
- Synonyms:ánsar,ganso
Borrowed fromQuechuauqa.
oca f (pluralocas)
- Oxalis tuberosa, anedibletuber