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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of soort + genoot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsoːrt.xəˌnoːt/
- Hyphenation: soort‧ge‧noot
Noun
soortgenoot m (plural soortgenoten, diminutive soortgenootje n)
- an organism belonging to the same species (in usage sometimes translatable as congener)
- (figurative) one's peer, equal, counterpart, member of the same group
- (figurative) an object of the same type or category