calcita
Portuguese, noun/kawˈsi.tɐ/
calcita is spelled C-A-L-C-I-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calcita is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “calcite (calcium carbonate mineral)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mineral trigonal, constituído de carbonato de cálcio, de brilho vítreo resinoso, com três direções de…”.
What does calcita mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecalcite (calcium carbonate mineral)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mineral trigonal, constituído de carbonato de cálcio, de brilho vítreo resinoso, com três direções de clivagem, dando origem a formas romboédricas (losango) e de cor branca, azul, amarela, vermelha, cinza e incolor.
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 calcita
- calcitas plural
- calcite alternative Portugal
- cal.ci.ta canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calcita?
- Brazil /kawˈsi.tɐ/
- Brazil [kaʊ̯ˈsi.tɐ]
- Portugal /kalˈsi.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 calcita
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calcita in Portuguese?
calcita appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).