íon
Portuguese, noun/ˈi.õ/
íon is spelled Í-O-N (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Íon is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ion (electrically charged atom)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie química eletricamente carregada, geralmente um átomo ou molécula que perdeu ou ganhou elétrons”.
What does íon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineion (electrically charged atom)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie química eletricamente carregada, geralmente um átomo ou molécula que perdeu ou ganhou elétrons
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 íon
- íons plural
- ião alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce íon?
- Brazil /ˈi.õ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to íon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is íon in Portuguese?
íon appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).