English

Proper noun

Ion

1. (Greek mythology) Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people.

German

Pronunciation

Noun

Ion n ‎(genitive Ions, plural Ionen)

1. ion (an atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge)

Declension

Middle English

Proper noun

Ion

1. John, Jon
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41

     And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister [Ion Aston] taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”

Romanian

Alternative forms

• Ioan

Etymology

See Ioan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈon]

Proper noun

Ion m ‎(genitive/dative lui Ion, female equivalent Ioana)

1. A male given name, equivalent to English John.

Derived terms

• Ionuț (nickname)
• Ionescu

English

Noun

ion ‎(plural ions)

1. An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.

Derived terms

Translations

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ion

1. accusative singular of io

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ̃/

Noun

ion m ‎(plural ions)

1. (chemistry, physics) ion

Japanese

Romanization

ion

1. rōmaji reading of いおん
2. rōmaji reading of イオン

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰόν ‎(ión, “going”)

Noun

ion n ‎(definite singular ionet, indefinite plural ioner, definite plural iona or ionene)

1. (chemistry, physics) an ion

References

• “ion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰόν ‎(ión, “going”)

Noun

ion n ‎(definite singular ionet, indefinite plural ion, definite plural iona)

1. (chemistry, physics) an ion

References

• “ion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ión

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjon/

Noun

ion m ‎(plural iones)

1. ion (atom bearing an electrical charge)