alteia
Portuguese, noun
alteia is spelled A-L-T-E-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese, the 193,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alteia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “althea (any plant of the genus Althea), especially the marshmallow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of altear. With an accent, altéia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of alteia; may still occur as a…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família das Malváceas cujo nome científico é Althaea officinalis L”.
What does alteia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealthea (any plant of the genus Althea), especially the marshmallow
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of alteia; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta da família das Malváceas cujo nome científico é Althaea officinalis L. 2. planta ornamental da espécie Alcea rosea, tem um haste alto que desenvolve flores grandes, semelhantes às da malva-silvestre
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alteia
- alteias plural
- altéia alternative
- altheia alternative obsolete
- altéias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to alteia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alteia in Portuguese?
alteia appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).