pion
Spanish, noun/ˈpjon/
pion is spelled P-I-O-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 183,993rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pion is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pion (subatomic particle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Partícula del grupo de los mesones, de los cuales hay tres tipos descubiertas en 1947: π⁰, π⁺ y π⁻. Dentro…”.
What does pion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepion (subatomic particle)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de un ave, que pía excesivamente.
noun: 1. Partícula del grupo de los mesones, de los cuales hay tres tipos descubiertas en 1947: π⁰, π⁺ y π⁻. Dentro del grupo de los mesones son las partículas más ligeras. Los piones tienen espín cero y estas compuestos por un cuark y un anticuark.
adjective: 1. Grafía anticuada de pion.
noun: 1. Grafía anticuada de pion.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pion
- piones plural
- pión alternative
- piona feminine
- pionas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pion?
- /ˈpjon/
- [ˈpjõn]
- /piˈon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pion in Spanish?
pion appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).