cálcio

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See also: calcio, calco, calciò, and calcio-

Portuguese

Chemical element
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cálcio

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin calcium, a word derived by Sir Humphry Davy in 1808, from Latin calx (“lime, limestone”), supposedly from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.si.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈkaw.sju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.si.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈkaw.sjo/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -alsju
  • Hyphenation: cál‧ci‧o

Noun

cálcio m (plural cálcios)

  1. (chemistry) calcium (chemical element of atomic number 20)
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