iota
Portuguese, noun/ˈjɔ.tɐ/
iota is spelled I-O-T-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Iota is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “iota (the ninth Greek letter: ι, Ι)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nona letra do alfabeto grego (Ι, ι)”.
What does iota mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineiota (the ninth Greek letter: ι, Ι)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. prefixo do sistema métrico usado para indicar a multiplicação de uma unidade por dez elevado a vinte e quatro (setilhão)
noun: 1. nona letra do alfabeto grego (Ι, ι)
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 iota
- iotas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce iota?
- Brazil /ˈjɔ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈjɔ.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 iota
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is iota in Portuguese?
iota appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).