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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: he‧te‧ro‧gé‧ne‧o
Adjective
heterogéneo (feminine heterogénea, masculine plural heterogéneos, feminine plural heterogéneas)
- European Portuguese standard spelling of heterogêneo.
- Antonym: homogéneo
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερογενής (heterogenḗs, “of different kinds”), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + γένος (génos, “kind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eteɾoˈxeneo/
- Rhymes: -eneo
- Syllabification: he‧te‧ro‧gé‧ne‧o
Adjective
heterogéneo (feminine heterogénea, masculine plural heterogéneos, feminine plural heterogéneas)
- heterogeneous
- Antonym: homogéneo
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