# familon

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfæmɪlɒn/

## Definitions
1. A hypothetical Nambu–Goldstone boson arising from the spontaneous breaking of a global family symmetry that distinguishes between generations of quarks and leptons.

## Etymology
From famille + -on, patterned after other particle names.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/familon