calota

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See also: calotă

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French calotte.

Pronunciation

Noun

calota f (plural calotes)

  1. (anatomy) calvaria
    Synonym: volta del crani
  2. (glassblowing) moil
  3. (technology) cap

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French calotte.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

  • 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 polarpolar cap

References

  1. ^ calota”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ calota”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

calota f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of calotă