neon
Portuguese, noun
neon is spelled N-E-O-N (4 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,223rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Neon is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of néon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, néon is a different word: “neon (element with the atomic number of 10)”.
What does neon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of néon
noun
- 1
masculineneon (element with the atomic number of 10)
- 2
masculinean atom of neon
- 3
masculineneon (neon signs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. elemento químico de símbolo Ne; ver neônio; também, é conhecido como neão em Portugal
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 neon
- néones Portugal plural
- néons Brazil plural
- neon alternative
- neão alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to neon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is neon in Portuguese?
neon appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).