mesão

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• méson (Brazil)

Pronunciation

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɛˈzɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: me‧são

Noun

mesão m (plural mesões) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (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)

1. house

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɛˈzɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: me‧são

Noun

mesão m (plural mesões)

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