conic
See also: cònic
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κωνῐκός (kōnĭkós). By surface analysis, cone + -ic.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kŏn'ĭk (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.ɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
- (Standard Southern British, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.ɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- enPR: kä'nĭk (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.nɪk/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːnɪk
- enPR: kō'nĭk (without laxing from cone) (Indic) IPA(key): /ko.nɪk/
- Rhymes: -əʊnɪk
Adjective
conic (comparative more conic, superlative most conic)
- Synonym of conical.
Derived terms
Noun
conic (plural conics)
- (geometry) A conic section.
Derived terms
- degenerate conic
- director conic
Further reading
- “conic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Occitan
Etymology
From còne + -ic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈnik/
- Hyphenation: co‧nic
Adjective
conic m (feminine singular conica, masculine plural conics, feminine plural conicas)
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 188
Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈko.nik/
- Hyphenation: co‧nic
Adjective
conic m or n (feminine singular conică, masculine plural conici, feminine/neuter plural conice)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | conic | conică | conici | conice | ||
| definite | conicul | conica | conicii | conicele | |||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | conic | conice | conici | conice | ||
| definite | conicului | conicei | conicilor | conicelor | |||
Related terms
Further reading
- “conic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026