meão

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mediānus. Doublet of mediano.

Adjective

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

  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

Further reading

  • “meão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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