ânion
Portuguese, noun
ânion is spelled Â-N-I-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ânion is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard form of anião” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, aníon is a different word: “anion (negatively charged ion)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “íon com carga elétrica negativa”.
What does ânion mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineBrazilian Portuguese standard form of anião
noun
- 1
masculineanion (negatively charged ion)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que anião
noun: 1. íon com carga elétrica negativa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ânion
- ânions plural
- aníons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ânion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ânion in Portuguese?
ânion appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).