mesão
Portuguese, noun/meˈzɐ̃w̃/
mesão is spelled M-E-S-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mesão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “meson (elementary particle composed of a quark and an antiquark)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of meso (“any of various ligaments attaching organs to the…. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “partícula subatómica constituída por um "quark" e por um "antiquark"”.
What does mesão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemeson (elementary particle composed of a quark and an antiquark)
noun
- 1
masculinehouse
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of meso (“any of various ligaments attaching organs to the abdominal wall”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. partícula subatómica constituída por um "quark" e por um "antiquark"
noun: 1. mesa grande 2. mês grande
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 mesão
- mesões plural
- méson alternative Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mesão?
- Brazil /meˈzɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [meˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /mɛˈzɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mesão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mesão in Portuguese?
mesão appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).