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, Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn.ɪk/

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• enPR: kä'nĭk (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.nɪk/

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  • Rhymes: -ɑːnɪk
• enPR: kō'nĭk (without laxing from cone) (South Asia) IPA^(key): /ko.nɪk/
  • Rhymes: -əʊnɪk

Adjective

conic (comparative more conic, superlative most conic)

1. Synonym of conical.

Derived terms

• basiconic
• biconic
• coeloconic
• conicity
• conicoid
• conic pepper
• conifold
• crioconic
• cyrtoconic
• discoconic
• elliptospheroconic
• gyroconic
• isoconic
• obconic
• orthoconic
• platyconic
• polyconic
• pseudoconic
• semiconic
• serpenticonic
• spheroconic
• styloconic
• superconic
• toxoconic

Translations

adjective — see also conoidal,‎ coniform

• Spanish: cónico (es)

Noun

conic (plural conics)

2. (geometry) A conic section.

Derived terms

• degenerate conic
• director conic

Further reading

• “conic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Cinco, NCOIC

Occitan

Etymology

From còne +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈnik/
• Hyphenation: co‧nic

Adjective

conic m (feminine singular conica, masculine plural conics, feminine plural conicas)

1. (geometry) conical (of or relating to a cone)
2. conical (cone-shaped)

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, page 188

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French conique. By surface analysis, con + -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.nik/
• Hyphenation: co‧nic

Adjective

conic m or n (feminine singular conică, masculine plural conici, feminine/neuter plural conice)

1. (geometry) conical (of or relating to a cone)
2. conical (cone-shaped)

Declension

Declension of conic

		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

Further reading

• “conic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026