Meanings
nounneutrino (plural neutrinos)
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.
But researchers at the CERN lab near Geneva claim they have recorded neutrinos, a type of tiny particle, travelling faster than the barrier of 186,282 miles (299,792 kilometres) per second.
2011 September 22, Nick Collins, “Speed of light 'broken' by scientists”, in Daily Telegraph
Origin
Coined by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in 1933 from neutron + the Italian diminutive suffix -ino; by surface analysis, neutr(o)- + -ino.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Arabic نْيُتْرِينُو
- نْيُتْرِينُو (nyutrinū)An elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Basque neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Bulgarian неутри́но
- неутри́но (neutríno)An elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Catalan neutrí
- neutríAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Chinese Mandarin 中微子
- 中微子 (zhōngwēizǐ)An elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Czech neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Danish neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Dutch neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Esperanto neŭtrino
- neŭtrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Estonian neutriinod
- neutriinodAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Finnish neutriino
- neutriinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
French neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
German Neutrino
- NeutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Greek νετρίνο
- νετρίνο (netríno)An elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Hebrew נייטרינו
- נייטרינוAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Hungarian neutrínó
- neutrínóAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Icelandic fiseind
- fiseindAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Indonesian neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Italian neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Japanese 中性微子, ニュートリノ
- 中性微子 (chūseibishi)An elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
- ニュートリノ (nyūtorino)An elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Korean 중성미자
- 중성미자 (jungseongmija)An elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Latin neutrino, neutrīnum
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
- neutrīnumAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Malay neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Māori nuterino
- nuterinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Norwegian neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Polish neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Portuguese neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Romanian neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Russian нейтри́но
- нейтри́но (nejtríno)An elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Slovak neutríno
- neutrínoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Spanish neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Swedish neutrino
- neutrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Tagalog awansikin
- awansikinAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Thai นิวทริโน, นิวตริโน
- นิวทริโนAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
- นิวตริโนAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Turkish nötrino
- nötrinoAn elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Ukrainian нейтрино
- нейтрино (nejtryno)An elementary particle with extremely small mass and no electric charge
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with neutrino
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
neutrino. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neutrino
MLA
“neutrino.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neutrino. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neutrino,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neutrino.
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