mion

See also: mión and mion-

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish min (“small”), from Proto-Celtic *menus, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mʲɨn̪ˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲinˠ/, /ˈmʲunˠ/

Adjective

mion (genitive singular masculine min, genitive singular feminine mine, plural miona, comparative mine)

1. small, tiny
2. fine
3. detailed

Declension

Declension of mion

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	mion	mhion	miona; mhiona2
vocative	mhin		miona
genitive		mine	miona	mion
dative	mion; mhion1	mhion; mhin (archaic)	miona; mhiona2
Comparative	níos mine
Superlative	is mine

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• mion-

Mutation

Mutated forms of mion

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mion	mhion	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish millón and Portuguese milhão and Kabuverdianu milion.

Numeral

mion

1. million (1.000.000)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: mion

Noun

mion m inan

1. (physics) muon

Declension

Declension of mion

	singular	plural
nominative	mion	miony
genitive	mionu	mionów
dative	mionowi	mionom
accusative	mion	miony
instrumental	mionem	mionami
locative	mionie	mionach
vocative	mionie	miony

Derived terms

• mionowy

Further reading

• “mion”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish min (“small”), from Proto-Celtic *menus, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Adjective

mion

1. minute, small

   Synonyms: beag, mean, meanbh

2. minute, detailed

Derived terms

• mion-chànan (“minority language”)
• mion-chunntas (“detail”)
• mion-fhacal (“particle (grammar)”)
• mion-rannsachadh (“analysis”)

Mutation

Mutation of mion

radical	lenition
mion	mhion

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.