bivalve

English

Etymology

From bi- (“two”) +‎ valve.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪvælv/
Audio (UK): (file)

Noun

bivalve (plural bivalves)

Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.
(botany) A pericarp in which the seedcase opens or splits into two parts or valves.

Coordinate terms

univalve

Derived terms

bivalvate

Related terms

univalve

Translations

Any mollusc of taxonomic class Bivalvia

Bulgarian: двучерупков (dvučerupkov)
Catalan: bivalve (ca) m
Czech: mlž (cs) m
Finnish: simpukka (fi)
French: bivalve (fr) m
Galician: bivalvo (gl) m
Greek:
Ancient: ὄστρεον n (óstreon)
Irish: débhlaoscach m, déchomhlach m
Italian: bivalve (it) m
Japanese: 二枚貝 (ja) (にまいがい, nimaigai)
Latin: concha f
Malay: dwicangkerang
Malayalam: ഇരട്ടക്കവച (iraṭṭakkavaca)
Maori: angarua
Navajo: chʼosh bitsʼaʼígíí
Portuguese: bivalve (pt) m, bivalvo m
Russian: двуство́рчатый (ru) m (dvustvórčatyj)
Scottish Gaelic: dà-mhogallach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шко̀љка̄ш m

Roman: škòljkāš (sh) m
Spanish: bivalvo (es) m
Swedish: mussla (sv) c
Tagalog: almeha
Thai: หอยสองฝา (hɔ̌i-sɔ̌ɔng-fǎa)
Vietnamese: thân mềm hai mảnh vỏ, nhuyễn thể hai mảnh vỏ

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bi.valv/
Audio: (file)

Noun

bivalve m (plural bivalves)

bivalve

Further reading

“bivalve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /biˈval.ve/
Rhymes: -alve
Hyphenation: bi‧vàl‧ve

Noun

bivalve m (plural bivalvi)

bivalve

Portuguese

Alternative forms

bivalvo

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈvaw.vi/ [biˈvaʊ̯.vi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈvaw.ve/ [biˈvaʊ̯.ve]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈval.vɨ/ [biˈvaɫ.vɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈbal.bɨ/ [biˈβaɫ.βɨ]

Rhymes: -alvɨ, -awvi
Hyphenation: bi‧val‧ve

Noun

bivalve m (plural bivalves)

bivalve (any mollusc in the class Bivalvia)