príon
Portuguese, noun/ˈpɾi.õ/
príon is spelled P-R-Í-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Príon is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard form of prião” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “agente infeccioso composto por proteínas com forma aberrante”.
What does príon mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineBrazilian Portuguese standard form of prião
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. agente infeccioso composto por proteínas com forma aberrante
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 príon
- príons plural
- príones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce príon?
- Brazil /ˈpɾi.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 príon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is príon in Portuguese?
príon appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).