melolonta

Portuguese, noun/me.loˈlõ.tɐ/

melolonta is spelled M-E-L-O-L-O-N-T-A (9 letters). Melolonta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cockchafer (beetle of genus Melolontha)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gênero de besouros da família Scarabaeidae”.

What does melolonta mean in English?

noun

1
femininecockchafer (beetle of genus Melolontha)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. gênero de besouros da família Scarabaeidae

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 melolonta

melolontas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce melolonta?

Brazil /me.loˈlõ.tɐ/
Portugal /mɨ.luˈlõ.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 melolonta

cockchafer

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.