táxon
Portuguese, noun/ˈtak.sõ/
táxon is spelled T-Á-X-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 169,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Táxon is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “taxon (any of the taxonomic categories)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unidade taxonômica, essencialmente associada a um sistema de classificação”.
What does táxon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetaxon (any of the taxonomic categories)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unidade taxonômica, essencialmente associada a um sistema de classificação
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 táxon
- táxones Portugal plural
- taxons Brazil plural
- táxons Brazil plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce táxon?
- Brazil /ˈtak.sõ/
- Portugal /ˈtak.sɔn/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to táxon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is táxon in Portuguese?
táxon appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).