meão

meão

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mediānus.[1][2] Doublet of mediano.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈɐ̃w̃/ [meˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /miˈɐ̃w̃/ [mɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmjɐ̃w̃/ [ˈmjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈɐ̃w̃/ [meˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /miˈɐ̃w̃/ [mɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmjɐ̃w̃/ [ˈmjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈɐ̃w̃/ [meˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmjɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: me‧ão

Adjective

meão (feminine meã, masculine plural meãos, feminine plural meãs)

1. middle (placed in a central position)
2. medium-sized (neither big nor small)
3. banal, ordinary
4. of average quality

Synonyms

• mediano
• médio

Noun

meão m (plural meãos or meões)

1. the internal part of a wagon wheel’s boxing, where the axle is placed

References

1. “meão” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “meão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.