calota

See also: calotă

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French calotte.[1][2]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈlɔ.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈlɔ.ta/

  • Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧lo‧ta

Noun

calota f (plural calotas)

  1. hubcap (decorative disk for wheels)
  2. cap (a portion of a spherical or other convex surface)
    calota polar ― polar cap

References
  1. “calota” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. “calota” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kaˈlota]

Noun

calota f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of calotă
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