neonato

Italian

Etymology

From neo- +‎ nato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne.oˈna.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: ne‧o‧nà‧to

Adjective

neonato (feminine neonata, masculine plural neonati, feminine plural neonate)

1. newborn

Noun

neonato m (plural neonati, feminine neonata)

1. newborn, baby, infant

Derived terms

• neonatale
• neonatologia

Latin

Adjective

neonātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of neonātus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin neonātus, influenced by Italian neonato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neoˈnato/ [ne.oˈna.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: ne‧o‧na‧to

Noun

neonato m (plural neonatos, feminine neonata, feminine plural neonatas)

1. newborn [from late 18th c.]

   Synonym: recién nacido

   • 1793, Lorenzo Hervás y Panduro, Historia de la vida del hombre, ó idea del universo, volume VI, Madrid, Libro V. Tratado III. Capítulo VI, page 99:

     Asimismo no parece cosa irregular, que de los neonatos, y aun de aquellos que tengan sus madres pobres, muera mayor número en los años de carestía, que en los de abundancia.

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Derived terms

• neonatología

Further reading

• “neonato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10