columbita
Spanish, noun/kolumˈbita/
columbita is spelled C-O-L-U-M-B-I-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Columbita is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “columbite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mineral negro que es una mezcla de niobato y tantalato de hierro y manganeso, y es el mineral principal de…”.
What does columbita mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecolumbite
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mineral negro que es una mezcla de niobato y tantalato de hierro y manganeso, y es el mineral principal de niobio y tantalio.
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 columbita
- columbitas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce columbita?
- /kolumˈbita/
- [ko.lũmˈbi.t̪a]
- [kolũmˈbit̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to columbita
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is columbita in Spanish?
columbita appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).