calota

See also: calotă

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French calotte.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈlɔ.tə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈlɔ.ta]

Noun

calota f (plural calotes)

(anatomy) calvaria
Synonym: volta del crani
(glassblowing) moil
(technology) cap

Further reading

“calota”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Alternative forms

calote

Etymology

Borrowed from French calotte.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈlɔ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈlɔ.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈlɔ.tɐ/

Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
Hyphenation: ca‧lo‧ta

Noun

calota f (plural calotas)

(Brazil, automotive) hubcap (decorative disk for wheels)
Synonym: (Portugal) tampão
cap (a portion of a spherical or other convex surface)
calota polar ― polar cap

References

^ “calota”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
^ “calota”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kaˈlota]

Noun

calota f

definite nominative/accusative singular of calotă