meão

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

  • Hyphenation: me‧ão

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

meão m (plural meãos or meões)

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

References[edit]

  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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