celacanto
Spanish, noun/θelaˈkanto/
celacanto is spelled C-E-L-A-C-A-N-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish, the 215,438th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Celacanto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “coelacanth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Latimeria) Pez marino de gran tamaño, próximo de los antepasados directo de los vertebrados terrestres.…”.
What does celacanto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoelacanth
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Latimeria) Pez marino de gran tamaño, próximo de los antepasados directo de los vertebrados terrestres. Posee características primitivas, como aletas pectorales y ventrales pedunculadas y articuladas y un gran pulmón degenerado.
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 celacanto
- celacantos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce celacanto?
- /θelaˈkanto/
- [θe.laˈkãn̪.t̪o]
- /selaˈkanto/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to celacanto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is celacanto in Spanish?
celacanto appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).