What does chiocciola in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word chiocciola in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use chiocciola in Italian.

The word chiocciola in Italian means snail, escargot, cochlea, at sign, email key, lumache pasta, spiral staircase, winding staircase. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word chiocciola

snail, escargot

sostantivo femminile (mollusco con guscio a spirale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il mio cane gioca sempre con le chiocciole in giardino.
My dog always plays with the snails in the garden.

cochlea

sostantivo femminile (anatomia: coclea) (anatomy)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La chiocciola è una parte dell'orecchio umano.
The cochlea is part of the human ear.

at sign, email key

sostantivo femminile (carattere della tastiera) (Internet)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mi hanno messo una tastiera francese e non trovo più il tasto della chiocciola.
They have given me a French keyboard and I can't find the at sign.

lumache pasta

sostantivo femminile (tipo di pasta) (food)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il piatto forte di mia nonna sono le chiocciole fatte in casa al sugo di carne.
My grandmother's best dish is homemade lumache pasta with meat sauce.

spiral staircase, winding staircase

sostantivo femminile (tipo di scala)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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