mesão

Portuguese

Alternative forms

méson (Brazil)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈzɐ̃w̃/ [meˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɛˈzɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: me‧são

Noun

mesão m (plural mesões) (European spelling)

(physics) meson (elementary particle composed of a quark and an antiquark)

Derived terms

mesónico

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French maison, from Latin mānsiōnem. Cognate with English mansion.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈzɐ̃w̃/ [meˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɛˈzɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: me‧são

Noun

mesão m (plural mesões)

house

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɛˈzɐ̃w̃/ [mɛˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɛˈzɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: me‧são

Noun

mesão m (plural mesões)

Augmentative of meso (“any of various ligaments attaching organs to the abdominal wall”)

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