quitina
Portuguese, noun/kiˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
quitina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “chitin (polymer found in arthropod and fungi)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quitina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechitin (polymer found in arthropod and fungi)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of quitina
- quitinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quitina?
- Brazil /kiˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
- Portugal /kiˈti.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quitina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quitina in Portuguese?
quitina appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).