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)

1. (anatomy) calvaria

   Synonym: volta del crani

2. (glassblowing) moil
3. (technology) cap

Further reading

• “calota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• calote

Etymology

Borrowed from French calotte.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈlɔ.tɐ/

• (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)

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

   calota polar ― polar cap

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈlota]

Noun

calota f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of calotă