calcinação
Portuguese, noun/kaw.si.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
calcinação is spelled C-A-L-C-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 129,832nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calcinação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “calcination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reação química de decomposição térmica, usada para transformar o calcário em cal virgem, liberando gás…”.
What does calcinação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecalcination
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. reação química de decomposição térmica, usada para transformar o calcário em cal virgem, liberando gás carbônico 2. processo de calcinar
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 calcinação
- calcinações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calcinação?
- Brazil /kaw.si.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kaʊ̯.si.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kal.si.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calcinação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calcinação in Portuguese?
calcinação appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).