fóton
Portuguese, noun/ˈfɔ.tõ/
fóton is spelled F-Ó-T-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,181st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fóton is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard form of fotão” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “partícula elementar, sem carga, que viaja na velocidade da luz, pertencente à família dos bósons; sua energia…”.
What does fóton mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineBrazilian Portuguese standard form of fotão
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. partícula elementar, sem carga, que viaja na velocidade da luz, pertencente à família dos bósons; sua energia é igual ao produto da frequência do campo pela constante de Planck 2. quantum de energia eletromagnética
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 fóton
- fótons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fóton?
- Brazil /ˈfɔ.tõ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fóton
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fóton in Portuguese?
fóton appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).