# kaon
## English
### Etymology

From contracted pronunciation of K-meson.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkeɪˌɑn/

### Noun

kaon (plural kaons)
* (physics) any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark
** K$^0$: strange quark + down antiquark
** K$^{0*}$ (antiparticle of K$^0$): down quark + strange antiquark
** K$^+$: strange quark + up antiquark
** K$^-$ (antiparticle of K$^+$): up quark + strange antiquark

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Kano, Kona, NKAO, kano, koan, kōan

## Aklanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.

### Verb

kaon
* to eat

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaʔon/ [ˈka.ʔon̪]
* Hyphenation: ka‧on

### Verb

káon (plural karaon, Basahan spelling ᜃᜂᜈ᜔) (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon)
* to eat; to dine
* to feed or give (someone or something) food to eat
* (dated) to eat tape (of a cassette player, etc.)

#### Synonyms

* kakan
* kain

#### Derived terms

* kaonan
* kaonon
* magkaon
* pagkaon
* pakaon

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən. Compare Tagalog kain.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ka‧on
* IPA: /ˈkaʔon/ [ˈka.ʔon̪]

### Verb

káon (Badlit spelling ᜃᜂᜈ᜔)
* to eat; to dine
** for a cassette player, etc. to eat tape
* to act in an unusual way
* to destroy by fire, erosion, etc.
* to consume; use up
* (games) to take a man in games of chess, checkers, etc.
* in takyan, to return the shuttlecock by kicking, or for the return kick to be caught and kicked by the opponent

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:kaon.

#### Derived terms

* hingaon
* kakaonon, kakan-onon
* kalan-an, kan-anan
* kalan-on
* kan-an
* kan-on
* kaonkaon
* kinan-an
* kinaon
* kumakaon
* magpakaon
* makakaon
* makaon
* mangaon
* pagkaon
* pakan-on
* panagkaon
* paningaon
* pinakaon

## Danish
### Noun

kaon
* (physics) kaon

## Dutch
### Etymology

From K-meson.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ka‧on

### Noun

kaon n (plural kaonen)
* (physics) kaon

## Finnish
### Verb

kaon
* first-person singular present indicative of kakoa

### Anagrams

* onka

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.ɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kaon m (plural kaons)
* (physics) kaon

### Further reading

* “kaon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* koan

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ka‧on
* IPA: /kaˈʔon/ [kaˈʔon]

### Verb

kaón
* to eat; to dine
    Kaon ta!Let's eat!

#### Derived terms

* kaonon
* magkaon
* pakaon

## Iriga Bicolano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

### Verb

kaön
* to eat

## Japanese
### Romanization

kaon
* Rōmaji transcription of かおん

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.ɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɔn
* Syllabification: ka‧on

### Noun

kaon m inan
* (physics) kaon

#### Declension
### Further reading

* kaon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Noun

kaon c
* (physics) kaon

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | kaon | kaons |
| singular | definite | kaonen | kaonens |
| plural | indefinite | kaoner | kaoners |
| plural | definite | kaonerna | kaonernas |

### Anagrams

* Noak, kona

## Vilamovian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kaon m (plural kaonn)
* pip, seed