neo-

neo-

See also: neo, Neo, NEO, neó, Néo, néo-, and Appendix:Variations of "neo"

Translingual

Etymology

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

Prefix

neo-

1. new. (Often used to form clade or taxonomic names indicating more recent branching than a morphologically or otherwise similar group.)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Neoceti
• Neognathae
• Neoptera
• Neopterygii
• Neornithes

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈniːəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnioʊ/

Prefix

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chemistry) Having a structure, similar to that of neopentane, in which each hydrogen atom of a methyl group has been replaced by an alkyl group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

Synonyms

• (new): ceno-, nov-

Antonyms

• paleo-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with neo-

• neo-evangelicalism
• Neo Hasidism
• neolithic
• neologism
• neonate
• neo-Nazi
• neophyte
• neoteny

 

Translations

new

Bengali: নও- (bn) (nôo-) Chinese: Mandarin: 新- (zh) Finnish: neo- (fi) German: neo- (de), neu- Greek: νεο- (el) (neo-) Hindi: नव (hi) (nav), नव्य (hi) (navya) Hungarian: neo- (hu) Irish: neo- Italian: neo- (it) Japanese: 新- (ja) (しん-, shin-) Macedonian: нео- (neo-), ново- (novo-) Norwegian: Bokmål: neo- Nynorsk: neo- Persian: نو‎ (fa) (now-), نئو‎ (neo-) Portuguese: neo- (pt) Russian: нео- (ru) (neo-), ново- (novo-) Spanish: neo-

contemporary

German: neo- (de) Greek: νεο- (el) (neo-) Italian: neo- (it) Japanese: 現- (ja) (げん-, gen-), 現代- (ja) (げんだい-, gendai-) Portuguese: neo- (pt) Russian: ново- (novo-) Spanish: neo-

Anagrams

• -one, EON, NOE, Noe, eno-, eon, one

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Dutch

Prefix

neo-

1. neo-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with neo-

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Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneo-/, [ˈne̞o̞-]

Prefix

neo-

1. neo-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with neo-

Anagrams

• eno

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German

Etymology

Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”)

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

neo-

1. neo-

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with neo-

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛo]

Prefix

neo-

1. neo-

Derived terms

Hungarian adjectives prefixed with neo-

Hungarian nouns prefixed with neo-

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian prefixes

References

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

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [neo]
• Hyphenation: néo

Prefix

neo-

1. neo-

Derived terms

Category Indonesian terms prefixed with neo- not found

Further reading

• “neo-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Irish

Etymology

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

Prefix

neo-

1. neo-

Synonyms

• (before native words): nua-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with neo-

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Italian

Prefix

neo-

1. neo-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with neo-

Anagrams

• -one, Eno, Noè, eno-

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Prefix

neo-

1. neo-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with neo-

Further reading

• “neo-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Prefix

neo-

1. neo-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with neo-

Further reading

• “neo-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.ɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɔ
• Syllabification: ne‧o

Prefix

neo-

1. neo- (new)

   Synonym: nowo-

2. neo- (contemporary)

   Synonyms: nowo-, współ-

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with neo-

Further reading

• neo- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• neo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛw/, [ˌnɛo̯]

Prefix

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”)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with neo-

Related terms

• novo

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Prefix

neo-

1. un-

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms prefixed with neo-

See also

• mì-
• eu-
• do-

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Prefix

neo-

1. neo-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with neo-

Further reading

• “neo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014