ocarina

• ochorina

Borrowed from Italian ocarina (literally “little goose”), due to the musical instrument's resemblance to the animal.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒkəˈɹiːnə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑkəˈɹinə/, /oʊkəˈɹinə/

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ocarina (plural ocarinas)

1. (music) A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.

• ocarinist

• vessel flute

• Aaronic

From Italian ocarina.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.kəˈɾi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.kəˈɾi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [o.kaˈɾi.na]

ocarina f (plural ocarines)

1. ocarina

• “ocarina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ocarina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “ocarina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ocarina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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ocarina m (plural ocarinas)

1. ocarina

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

Diminutive of oca (“goose”), derived from Vulgar Latin *auca < Late Latin *avica, from classical Latin avis.

• IPA^(key): /o.kaˈri.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: o‧ca‧rì‧na

ocarina f (plural ocarine)

1. (music) ocarina

• ocarina in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• ocarina in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• ancorai, arancio, cariano, carnaio

• Hyphenation: o‧ca‧ri‧na

ocarina f (plural ocarinas)

1. (music) ocarina (an oval wind instrument)

Borrowed from Italian ocarina.

• IPA^(key): /okaˈɾina/ [o.kaˈɾi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: o‧ca‧ri‧na

ocarina f (plural ocarinas)

1. ocarina

• “ocarina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

ocarina c

1. (music) alternative form of okarina (“ocarina”)

• ocarina in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ocarina in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ocarina in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)