aragonita
Portuguese, noun/a.ɾa.ɡoˈni.tɐ/
aragonita is spelled A-R-A-G-O-N-I-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese, the 241,242nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aragonita is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “aragonite (saline evaporate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mineral ortorrômbico constituído de carbonato de cálcio (CaCO3),e algumas vezes também com estrôncio, chumboe…”.
What does aragonita mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearagonite (saline evaporate)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mineral ortorrômbico constituído de carbonato de cálcio (CaCO3),e algumas vezes também com estrôncio, chumboe zinco.
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 aragonita
- aragonitas plural
- aragonite alternative Portugal
- a.ra.go.ni.ta canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aragonita?
- Brazil /a.ɾa.ɡoˈni.tɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.ɾɐ.ɡuˈni.tɐ/
- Portugal [ɐ.ɾɐ.ɣuˈni.tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aragonita
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aragonita in Portuguese?
aragonita appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).