meão

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Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mediānus. Doublet of mediano.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈɐ̃w̃/ , /miˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈmjɐ̃w̃/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈɐ̃w̃/

  • 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

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, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “meão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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