neutrão
Portuguese, noun/newˈtɾɐ̃w̃/
neutrão is spelled N-E-U-T-R-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Neutrão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “European Portuguese standard form of nêutron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “partícula sub-atómica/sub-atômica de carga neutra e de massa aproximada à do protão/próton (1,6726.E-27 kg)…”.
What does neutrão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineEuropean Portuguese standard form of nêutron
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. partícula sub-atómica/sub-atômica de carga neutra e de massa aproximada à do protão/próton (1,6726.E-27 kg); localiza-se na porção central do átomo (núcleo)
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 neutrão
- neutrões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce neutrão?
- Portugal /newˈtɾɐ̃w̃/
- Portugal /new.ˈtɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to neutrão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is neutrão in Portuguese?
neutrão appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).