calicanto
Spanish, noun[kaliˈkãn̪t̪o]
calicanto is spelled C-A-L-I-C-A-N-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 119,889th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calicanto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “masonry (stone or brick constructed by a mason)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cierto arbusto rosáceo de la América septentrional”.
What does calicanto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemasonry (stone or brick constructed by a mason)
- 2
masculinecalycanthus
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cierto arbusto rosáceo de la América septentrional. 2. Obra de mampostería hecha de cal y cantos, es decir, piedras sin labrar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of calicanto
- calicantos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calicanto?
- [kaliˈkãn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is calicanto in Spanish?
calicanto appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).