meteorito

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meteoˈrito/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: me‧te‧o‧ri‧to

Noun

meteorito (accusative singular meteoriton, plural meteoritoj, accusative plural meteoritojn)

1. (astronomy) meteorite

   Synonyms: aerolito, aerŝtono, meteorŝtono

Derived terms

• ferometeorito (“iron meteorite”)

Galician

Etymology

From meteoro + -ito.

Noun

meteorito m (plural meteoritos)

1. meteorite

Portuguese

Etymology

From meteoro + -ito.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.te.oˈɾi.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.tjuˈɾi.tu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: me‧te‧o‧ri‧to

Noun

meteorito m (plural meteoritos)

1. meteorite

Further reading

• “meteorito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “meteorito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish meteoro

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Spanish -ito

Spanish meteorito

From meteoro + -ito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meteoˈɾito/ [me.t̪e.oˈɾi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: me‧te‧o‧ri‧to

Noun

meteorito m (plural meteoritos)

1. meteorite

Derived terms

• meteorítico

Further reading

• “meteorito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025