ião
Portuguese, noun
ião is spelled I-Ã-O (3 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 122,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ião is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “European Portuguese standard form of íon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, iaô is a different word: “Candomblecist throughout the first seven years after being initiated”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “átomo, ou grupo de átomos, que captam ou perdem um ou mais eletrões”.
What does ião mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineEuropean Portuguese standard form of íon
noun
- 1
BrazilfemininemasculineCandomblecist throughout the first seven years after being initiated
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. átomo, ou grupo de átomos, que captam ou perdem um ou mais eletrões 2. o mesmo que ionte
noun: 1. língua falada pela etnia ajaua de Moçambique
noun: 1. iniciado novato na religião; geralmente considera-se novato quem tem menos de sete anos de feitura de santo
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 ião
- iões plural
- iaôs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ião
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ião in Portuguese?
ião appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).