códon
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɔ.dõ/
códon is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard form of codão” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sequência codificadora de uma proteína”.
What does códon mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineBrazilian Portuguese standard form of codão
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sequência codificadora de uma proteína
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 códon
- códons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce códon?
- Brazil /ˈkɔ.dõ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to códon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is códon in Portuguese?
códon appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).