cálcio

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

Portuguese
Chemical element
Ca
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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/ [ˈkaʊ̯.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkaw.sju/ [ˈkaʊ̯.sju]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.si.o/ [ˈkaʊ̯.sɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkaw.sjo/ [ˈkaʊ̯.sjo]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkal.sju/ [ˈkaɫ.sju]

  • 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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