neutrino
neu·tri·no/nuˈtɹinoʊ/noun
neutrino is spelled N-E-U-T-R-I-N-O: 8 letters and 3 syllables (neu·tri·no). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, neutrino means “An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of neutrino is neutrinos.
How many letters and syllables are in neutrino?
| Letters | 8: N-E-U-T-R-I-N-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: neu·tri·no |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is neutrino?
Neutrino appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce neutrino?
- UK /njuːˈtɹiːnəʊ/
- US /nuˈtɹinoʊ/
Neutrino has 3 syllables, split neu·tri·no in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-neutrino.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with neutrino?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as neutrino from its last stressed vowel (/inoʊ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of neutrino
- neutrinos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does neutrino mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Neutrino in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense An elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does neutrino come from?
Coined by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in 1933 from neutron + the Italian diminutive suffix -ino; by surface analysis, neutr(o)- + -ino.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).