neófito
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin neophytus, from Ancient Greek νεόφυτος (neóphutos).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /neˈɔ.fi.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /neˈɔ.fi.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈnjɔ.fi.tu/
Noun
neófito m (plural neófitos)
- neophyte
- novice
Further reading
- “neófito” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin neophytus, from Ancient Greek νεόφυτος (neóphutos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neˈofito/ [neˈo.fi.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ofito
- Syllabification: ne‧ó‧fi‧to
Noun
neófito m (plural neófitos, feminine neófita, feminine plural neófitas)
- neophyte, novice
Further reading
- “neófito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014