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neo-

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Translingual

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

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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

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

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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chemistry) Having a structure, similar to that of neopentane, in which each hydrogen atom of a methyl group has been replaced by an alkyl group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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Catalan

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Etymology

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

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(attracts secondary stress)

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neo-

  1. neo-, new
    Antonym: paleo-

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Dutch

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neo-

  1. neo-

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Finnish

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈneo-/, [ˈne̞o̞-]

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neo-

  1. neo-

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German

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Etymology

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Ancient Greek νέος (néos, new, young)

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neo-

  1. neo-

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

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, new, young).[1]

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neo-

  1. neo-

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  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

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /nɛ.ɔ/
  • Hyphenation: neo

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neo-

  1. 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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Irish

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Etymology

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

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neo-

  1. neo-

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  • (before native words): nua-

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Italian

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neo-

  1. neo-

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

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neo-

  1. neo-

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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

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neo-

  1. neo-

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Polish

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /nɛ.ɔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɔ
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neo-

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

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  • neo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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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

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

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neo-

  1. un-

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

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neo-

  1. neo-

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Swedish

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neo-

  1. neo-

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