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Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
atavisme m (plural atavismes)
- atavism
Further reading
French
Etymology
From Latin atavus (“ancestor”) + -isme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ta.vism/ ~ /a.ta.vizm/
Noun
atavisme m (plural atavismes)
- atavism (reappearance of an ancestral characteristic)
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Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed *atavus + -isme, borrowed from Dutch atavisme, from French atavisme, from Latin atavus (“ancestor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ata‧vis‧mê
Noun
atavismê (uncountable)
- atavism.
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
atavisme m (definite singular atavismen, indefinite plural atavismer, definite plural atavismene)
- atavism
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