atavisme

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

atavisme m (plural atavismes)

  1. atavism

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French

Etymology

From Latin atavus (ancestor) + -isme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ta.vism/ ~ /a.ta.vizm/
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Noun

atavisme m (plural atavismes)

  1. atavism (reappearance of an ancestral characteristic)

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Indonesian

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Etymology

Affixed *atavus +‎ -isme, borrowed from Dutch atavisme, from French atavisme, from Latin atavus (ancestor).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ata‧vis‧mê

Noun

atavismê (uncountable)

  1. atavism.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

atavisme m (definite singular atavismen, indefinite plural atavismer, definite plural atavismene)

  1. atavism

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