xeno-
Translingual
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Derived from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”).
Prefix
[edit]xeno-
- Used to form taxonomic names and epithets indicating strangeness.
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Derived from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”).
Prefix
[edit]xeno-
- Having to do with foreigners.
- Relating to strangers or strangeness.
- From a foreign place.
- (biology, medicine, transplantation) From a donor of another species.
- 2025 September 3, Y. Juvé, C. Lutrat, A. Ha, et al., “One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants”, in Nature[1], , archived from the original on 23 September 2025:
- We suggest defining such females as xenoparous, meaning they need to produce individuals of another species as part of their life cycle. This shows the evolution of xenoparity (xeno-, meaning ‘foreign, strange, different’, and -parity, meaning ‘produce, bring forth, give birth’), which is the need to propagate another species’ genome by means of its own eggs.
- Of extraterrestrial origin.
- xeno- + archaeology → xenoarchaeology
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[edit]having to do with foreigners
relating to strangers or strangeness
from a foreign place
Anagrams
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[edit]Combining form of Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”).
Pronunciation
[edit]IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ʃə.nu]
Prefix
[edit]xeno-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “xeno-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Italian
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[edit]xeno-
- xeno- (all senses)
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[edit]xeno-
Portuguese
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: xe‧no-
Prefix
[edit]xeno-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “xeno-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]xeno-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “xeno-”, 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
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