lepton

See also Lepton, and leptón

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɛptɒn/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek λεπτόν (lepton), neuter form of λεπτός (leptos, “small”).

Noun

lepton (plural lepta or leptons)

1. A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BC. The lowest value coin ever in circulation. Considered by some to be the widow's mite.

Translations

coin

• French: lepton (fr) m
• Greek: λεπτό (el) (leptó) n

• Polish: lepton (pl) m
• Russian: лепта (ru) (lépta) f

Etymology 2

Wikipedia

From Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptos) +‎ -on.

Noun

lepton (plural leptons)

1. An elementary particle with a spin of 1/2 (a fermion) which is immune to the strong nuclear force (including the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon).

Derived terms

• leptonic

Translations

elementary particle

• Armenian: լեպտոն (hy) (lepton)
• Bengali: লেপটন (bn)
• Catalan: leptó (ca) m
• Dutch: lepton (nl) n
• Esperanto: leptono (eo)
• French: lepton (fr) m
• Galician: leptón (gl) m
• German: Lepton (de) n
• Greek: λεπτόνιο (el) (leptónio) n
• Ido: leptono (io)

• Italian: leptone (it) m
• Japanese: レプトン (ja) (reputon), 軽粒子 (ja) (keiryūshi)
• Kannada: ಲೆಪ್ಟಾನ್ (kn) (lepṭān)
• Khmer: ក្រិសាណូ (km) (kres sa no), កិសាណូ (km) (kes sa no) ឡិបតុង (km) (leb tong)
• Polish: lepton (pl) m
• Russian: лептон (ru) (l'eptón) m
• Spanish: leptón (es) m
• Swedish: lepton (sv) c

---

Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

lepton n (plural leptonen)

1. (physics) lepton

---

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɛp.tɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

Noun

lepton m (plural leptons)

1. (physics) lepton
2. lepton (coin)

---

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɛpt̪ɔn̪/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

lepton m

1. (physics) lepton
2. lepton (coin)

Declension

    declension of lepton

	singular	plural
nominative	lepton	leptony
genitive	leptonu	leptonów
dative	leptonowi	leptonom
accusative	lepton	leptony
instrumental	leptonem	leptonami
locative	leptonie	leptonach
vocative	leptonie	leptony