neologismo

Basque

Pronunciation

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Noun

neologismo inan

1. (linguistics) neologism

Declension

Declension of neologismo (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	neologismo	neologismoa	neologismoak	neologismook
ergative	neologismok	neologismoak	neologismoek	neologismook
dative	neologismori	neologismoari	neologismoei	neologismooi
genitive	neologismoren	neologismoaren	neologismoen	neologismoon
comitative	neologismorekin	neologismoarekin	neologismoekin	neologismookin
causative	neologismorengatik	neologismoarengatik	neologismoengatik	neologismoongatik
benefactive	neologismorentzat	neologismoarentzat	neologismoentzat	neologismoontzat
instrumental	neologismoz	neologismoaz	neologismoez	neologismootaz
inessive	neologismotan	neologismoan	neologismoetan	neologismootan
locative	neologismotako	neologismoko	neologismoetako	neologismootako
allative	neologismotara	neologismora	neologismoetara	neologismootara
terminative	neologismotaraino	neologismoraino	neologismoetaraino	neologismootaraino
directive	neologismotarantz	neologismorantz	neologismoetarantz	neologismootarantz
destinative	neologismotarako	neologismorako	neologismoetarako	neologismootarako
ablative	neologismotatik	neologismotik	neologismoetatik	neologismootatik
partitive	neologismorik	—	—	—
prolative	neologismotzat	—	—	—

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neoloˈɡismo/

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ne‧o‧lo‧gis‧mo

Noun

neologismo (accusative singular neologismon, plural neologismoj, accusative plural neologismojn)

1. neologism
   • 1978, Israel Lejzerowicz, chapter 1, in El la "Verda Biblio":

     Kaj la Spirito kreis la neologismojn kaj ĉiujn malfacilajn vortojn, lau ilia speco, por eterna turmento de la novaj verduloj.

     And the Spirit created the neologisms and all difficult words, according to their kind, for the eternal torment of new Esperantists.

   • 1999, Jorge Camacho, “La mava lingvo”, in Lingva arto:

     Mavajn neologismojn ili anatemas imite la metodojn de la afganaj taliboj, krom se la koncerna radiko venas el la japana, la tamazirta aŭ la ĉiapa, ĉar plia kaj tre moda ingrediento de lingva simplismo estas la strebo al ia esperanto statistike internacia.

     They consider evil neologisms anathema in imitation of the methods of the Afghan Taliban, unless the root in question comes from Japanese, Tamazight or Chiapa, because a fashionable new ingredient of linguistic simplism is striving for a sort of statistically international Esperanto.

   • 1999, Valentin Melnikov, “Kelkaj konsiloj por plibonigi stilon”, in La Ondo de Esperanto:

     Se via verko estos hiperplena da redundaj neologismoj, ĝi aspektos turpe kaj hide, kaj oni etikedos ĝin mava.

     If your work is hyperloaded with redundant neologisms, it will look filthy and hideous, and people will label it bad.

Italian

Noun

neologismo m (plural neologismi)

1. (linguistics) neologism

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ne.o.loˈʒiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ne.o.loˈʒiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ne.o.loˈʒiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ne.o.loˈʒiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nju.luˈʒiʒ.mu/, /ˌnɛ.ɔ.luˈʒiʒ.mu/

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• Rhymes: -izmu, -iʒmu
• Hyphenation: ne‧o‧lo‧gis‧mo

Etymology 1

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Noun

neologismo m (plural neologismos)

1. (linguistics) neologism
   1. new word or expression formed within the language or imported from another linguistic system
   2. new meaning of a word already existing in the language
   3. use of recently formed words or new meanings of words already existing in the language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

neologismo

1. first-person singular present indicative of neologismar

Further reading

• “neologismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “neologismo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “neologismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From neo- + Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word”) + -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neoloˈxismo/ [ne.o.loˈxiz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: ne‧o‧lo‧gis‧mo

Noun

neologismo m (plural neologismos)

1. (linguistics) neologism (a word or phrase which has recently been coined)

Related terms

• neológico

Further reading

• “neologismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025