neo-

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Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, new, young).

Prefix

neo-

  1. new. (Often used to form clade or taxonomic names indicating more recent branching than a morphologically or otherwise similar group.)

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek prefix νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, new, young).

Pronunciation

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neo-

  1. new
  2. contemporary
  3. (organic chemistry) Having a structure, similar to that of neopentane, in which each hydrogen atom of a methyl group has been replaced by an alkyl group
  4. (organic chemistry) Being a newly-discovered or -synthesized variant of an existing compound

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Prefix

neo-

  1. neo-

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English neo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek νέος (néos).

Pronunciation

Prefix

neo-

  1. neo-

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German

Etymology

Ancient Greek νέος (néos, new, young)

Pronunciation

Prefix

neo-

  1. neo-

Usage notes

Nouns with this prefix are capitalized, just like other nouns in German.

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, new, young).

Pronunciation

Prefix

neo-

  1. neo-

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References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, new, young).

Pronunciation

Prefix

neo-

  1. neo-

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Category Indonesian terms prefixed with neo- not found

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Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, new, young).

Prefix

neo-

  1. neo-

Synonyms

  • (before native words): nua-

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Italian

Prefix

neo-

  1. neo-

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, new, young).

Prefix

neo-

  1. neo-

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, new, young).

Prefix

neo-

  1. neo-

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Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos).

Pronunciation

Prefix

neo-

  1. neo- (new)
    Synonym: nowo-
  2. neo- (contemporary)
    Synonyms: nowo-, współ-

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Further reading

  • neo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Prefix

neo-

  1. neo- (indicates novelty, newness)
  2. forms demonyms corresponding to placenames that contain novo or nova (new)
    Nova Zelândia (New Zealand)neozelandês (New Zealander)

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish nem- (compare Irish neamh-, Manx neu-).

Prefix

neo-

  1. un-

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-, prefix), from νέος (néos, new, young).

Prefix

neo-

  1. neo-

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Swedish

Prefix

neo-

  1. neo-

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