neonatal

See also: néonatal and neo-natal

English

Alternative forms

• neo-natal

Etymology

neo- +‎ natal.

Adjective

neonatal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the period of time immediately following birth, or to the newborn.

   The baby was placed in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Derived terms

• neonatal abstinence syndrome
• nonneonatal

 

Related terms

• antenatal
• natal
• perinatal
• prenatal
• postnatal

Translations

of or pertaining to the time immediately after birth

• Catalan: neonatal (ca)
• Finnish: neonataalinen (fi)
• French: néonatal (fr)
• Hungarian: neonatális (hu)
• Italian: neonatale (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: nûza n

• Maori: piripoho hou
• Portuguese: neonatal
• Romanian: de noi născuți, neonatal
• Spanish: neonatal
• Swedish: neonatal

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌne.u.nəˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌne.o.nəˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˌne.o.naˈtal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

neonatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural neonatals)

1. neonatal

Derived terms

• neonatalogia

See also

• nounat

Further reading

• “neonatal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “neonatal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Portuguese

Etymology

From neo- +‎ natal.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ne.o.naˈtaw/ [ne.o.naˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nju.nɐˈtal/ [nju.nɐˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nju.nɐˈtal/ [nju.nɐˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nju.nɐˈta.li/

• Hyphenation: ne‧o‧na‧tal

Adjective

neonatal m or f (plural neonatais)

1. neonatal

Further reading

• “neonatal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From neo- +‎ natal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neonaˈtal/ [ne.o.naˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ne‧o‧na‧tal

Adjective

neonatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural neonatales)

1. neonatal

Related terms

• antenatal
• nacer (see for more related terms)
• natal
• nato (see for more related terms)
• neonato
• postnatal
• prenatal

 

Further reading

• “neonatal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Adjective

neonatal (not comparable)

1. neonatal

Declension

Inflection of neonatal
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	neonatal	—	—
Neuter singular	neonatalt	—	—
Plural	neonatala	—	—
Masculine plural3	neonatale	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	neonatale	—	—
All	neonatala	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• neonatalavdelning
• neonatalvård

Related terms

• neonatologi

References

• neonatal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• neonatal in Svensk ordbok (SO)