íon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ion"

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ião (European Portuguese spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from English ion, from Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”), neuter present participle of εἶμι (eîmi, “to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.õ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -iõ
• Hyphenation: í‧on

Noun

íon m (plural íons) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. (physics, chemistry) ion (electrically charged atom)

   Hyponyms: anião, catião

Related terms

• iônico / iónico
• iônio / iónio
• ionismo
• ionização
• ionizado
• ionizante
• ionizar
• ionosfera

Further reading

• “íon”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026