neutrino
English
Etymology
Coined by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in 1933 from neutron + the Italian diminutive suffix -ino.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /njuːˈtɹiːnəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /nuˈtɹinoʊ/
- Rhymes: -iːnəʊ
- Hyphenation: neu‧tri‧no
Noun
neutrino (plural neutrinos)
- An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.
Derived terms
Translations
An elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɛu̯triːno]
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nø.tʁi.no/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Further reading
- “neutrino”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Northern Sami
Etymology
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Inflection
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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛwˈtri.nɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -inɔ
- Syllabification: neut‧ri‧no
Declension
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /newˈtɾĩ.nu/ [neʊ̯ˈtɾĩ.nu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /newˈtɾi.no/ [neʊ̯ˈtɾi.no]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /newˈtɾi.nu/
- Hyphenation: neu‧tri‧no
Noun
neutrino m (plural neutrinos)
Derived terms
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neutrǐːno/
- Hyphenation: ne‧u‧tri‧no
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neuˈtɾino/ [neu̯ˈt̪ɾi.no]
- Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: neu‧tri‧no
Further reading
- “neutrino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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