muão

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English muon.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /muˈɐ̃w̃/ [mʊˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmwɐ̃w̃/ [ˈmwɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ão

Noun

muão m (plural muões) (European Portuguese spelling)

  1. (particle physics) muon (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
    Synonym: mu

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “muão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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