אבולוציה

Hebrew

אבולוציה

Etymology

Internationalism; ultimately from Latin ēvolūtiō, with the suffix of Slavic origin ־ציה slapped onto it. It's therefore also a perfect cognate of Russian эволюция (evoljucija), as well as Polish ewolucja.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)evoˈlut͡sja/

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Noun

אֶבוֹלוּצְיָה • (evolútsya) f

1. (uncountable) Evolution: a gradual process of slow developmental changes.
2. (biology) evolution (the transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations)

See also

• אבולוציה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
• אבולוציה (פירושונים) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he