mesão

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: me‧são

Noun

mesão m (plural mesões) (European Portuguese spelling)

  1. (particle physics) meson (elementary particle composed of a quark and an antiquark)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: me‧são

Noun

mesão m (plural mesões)

  1. house

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: me‧são

Noun

mesão m (plural mesões)

  1. augmentative of meso (“any of various ligaments attaching organs to the abdominal wall”)
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