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conical

adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • kŏn'ĭkəl
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.ɪ.kəl/
  • Australian, British, Southern, Standard: /ˈkɔn.ɪk.əl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • kä'nĭkəl father-bother merger
  • General-American: /ˈkɑ.nɪk.əl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • kō'nĭkəl without laxing from cone
  • South-Asia: /ko.nɪk.ɐl/
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K OW1 N IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to a cone or cones.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conal, conic

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Shaped like a cone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conic

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped to equally spaced lines radiating out from the apex and parallels of latitude are mapped to circular arcs centred on the apex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conic

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A cone-shaped bullet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

relating to or resembling a cone

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • conical mountains
  • conelike fruit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conic, conelike, cone-shaped

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From conic + -al.

Across languages

Translations

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَخْرُوطِيّ (maḵrūṭiyy) — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Armenian: կոնական (konakan) — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Bulgarian: коничен (koničen) — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Catalan: cònic — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Cornish: pigornek — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Czech: kuželový — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Czech: kónický — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Danish: konisk — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Dutch: conisch — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Esperanto: konusa — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Finnish: kartio- — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Finnish: kartion — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • French: conique — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Galician: cónico — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • German: konisch — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Greek: κωνικός (konikós) — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Ancient Greek: κωνικός (kōnikós) — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Ido: konatra — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Indonesian: konis — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Irish: cónúil — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Italian: conico — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Latin: conicus — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Norwegian Bokmål: konisk — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: konisk — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Occitan: conic — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Polish: stożkowy — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Portuguese: cónico — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Portuguese: cônico — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Romanian: conic — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Russian: кони́ческий (koníčeskij) — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Swedish: konisk — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Turkish: konik — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Ukrainian: коні́чний (koníčnyj) — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Welsh: conigol — of or relating to a cone or cones
  • Arabic: مَخْرُوطِيّ (maḵrūṭiyy) — shaped like a cone
  • Armenian: կոնաձեւ (konajew) — shaped like a cone
  • Bulgarian: конусовиден (konusoviden) — shaped like a cone
  • Catalan: cònic — shaped like a cone
  • Cornish: pigornek — shaped like a cone
  • Czech: kuželový — shaped like a cone
  • Czech: kónický — shaped like a cone
  • Danish: konisk — shaped like a cone
  • Dutch: conisch — shaped like a cone
  • Esperanto: konusa — shaped like a cone
  • Finnish: kartiomainen — shaped like a cone
  • French: conique — shaped like a cone
  • Galician: cónico — shaped like a cone
  • German: konisch — shaped like a cone
  • German: kegelförmig — shaped like a cone
  • Greek: κωνικός (konikós) — shaped like a cone
  • Ancient Greek: κωνικός (kōnikós) — shaped like a cone
  • Hindi: शंक्वाकार (śaṅkvākār) — shaped like a cone
  • Icelandic: keilulaga — shaped like a cone
  • Icelandic: kónískur — shaped like a cone
  • Ido: kona — shaped like a cone
  • Ido: konala — shaped like a cone
  • Ido: konatra — shaped like a cone
  • Irish: cónúil — shaped like a cone
  • Irish: coirceogach — shaped like a cone
  • Italian: conico — shaped like a cone
  • Latin: conicus — shaped like a cone
  • Norwegian Bokmål: konisk — shaped like a cone
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjegleformet — shaped like a cone
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: konisk — shaped like a cone
  • Occitan: conic — shaped like a cone
  • Polish: stożkowy — shaped like a cone
  • Polish: stożkowaty — shaped like a cone
  • Polish: koniczny — shaped like a cone
  • Portuguese: cónico — shaped like a cone
  • Portuguese: cônico — shaped like a cone
  • Romanian: conic — shaped like a cone
  • Russian: кони́ческий (koníčeskij) — shaped like a cone
  • Russian: ко́нусный (kónusnyj) — shaped like a cone
  • Russian: конусообра́зный (konusoobráznyj) — shaped like a cone
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀ничан — shaped like a cone
  • Serbo-Croatian: сто̏жаст — shaped like a cone
  • Serbo-Croatian: чу̏њаст — shaped like a cone
  • Serbo-Croatian: ку̏паст — shaped like a cone
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòničan — shaped like a cone
  • Serbo-Croatian: stȍžast — shaped like a cone
  • Serbo-Croatian: čȕnjast — shaped like a cone
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȕpast — shaped like a cone
  • Swedish: konisk — shaped like a cone
  • Telugu: కిరీటాకృతి (kirīṭākr̥ti) — shaped like a cone
  • Turkish: konik — shaped like a cone
  • Ottoman Turkish: سیوری (sivri) — shaped like a cone
  • Ukrainian: коні́чний (koníčnyj) — shaped like a cone
  • Ukrainian: конусоподі́бний (konusopodíbnyj) — shaped like a cone
  • Welsh: conigol — shaped like a cone
  • Finnish: kartio- — describing a map projection
  • Polish: stożkowy — describing a map projection
  • Russian: кони́ческий (koníčeskij) — describing a map projection
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