neonatal

See also: néonatal and neo-natal

English

Alternative forms

• neo-natal

Etymology

From neo- +‎ natal.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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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
• neonatally
• neonatal milk
• nonneonatal
• postneonatal
• pseudoneonatal

Related terms

• antenatal
• natal
• perinatal
• postnatal
• prenatal

Translations

of or pertaining to the time immediately after birth

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

  Northern Kurdish: nûza n

• Māori: piripoho hou
• Polish: neonatalny
• 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): (Valencia) [ˌne.o.naˈtal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• 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, 2026
• “neonatal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /nəoˈnatal/ [nə.oˈna.t̪al]
• Rhymes: -atal
• Syllabification: ne‧o‧na‧tal

Adjective

neonatal (comparative lebih neonatal, superlative paling neonatal)

1. neonatal

Related terms

• natal
• neonatus

Further reading

• “neonatal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Portuguese

Etymology

From neo- +‎ natal.

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

• Hyphenation: ne‧o‧na‧tal

Adjective

neonatal m or f (plural neonatais)

1. neonatal

Further reading

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

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Adjective

neonatal (not comparable)

1. neonatal

Declension

Inflection of neonatal

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	neonatal	—	—
neuter singular	neonatalt	—	—
plural	neonatala	—	—
masculine plural2	neonatale	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	neonatale	—	—
all	neonatala	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• neonatalavdelning
• neonatalvård

Related terms

• neonatologi

References

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