meão
Portuguese, noun/meˈɐ̃w̃/
meão is spelled M-E-Ã-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the internal part of a wagon wheel’s boxing, where the axle is placed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o meio, centro”.
What does meão mean in English?
adjective
- 1
middle (placed in a central position)
- 2
medium-sized (neither big nor small)
- 3
banal, ordinary
- 4
of average quality
noun
- 1
masculinethe internal part of a wagon wheel’s boxing, where the axle is placed
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está no meio 2. que é médio, mediano 3. medíocre 4. meeiro
noun: 1. o meio, centro 2. peça que fica no centro da tampa 3. peça que fica no centro das rodas (em especial, de carros de boi) 4. correia, meã
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 meão
- meã feminine
- meãos masculine plural
- meãs feminine plural
- meões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce meão?
- Brazil /meˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [meˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /miˈɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is meão in Portuguese?
meão appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).