אבולוציה

Hebrew

Etymology

Internationalism; ultimately from Latin ēvolūtiō, with the suffix of Slavic origin ־ציה slapped onto it. It's therefore also a perfect cognate of Russian эволюция (evoljucija), as well as Polish ewolucja.

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)evoˈlut͡sja/
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Noun

אֶבוֹלוּצְיָה • (evolútsya) f

  1. (uncountable) Evolution: a gradual process of slow developmental changes.
  2. (biology) evolution (the transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations)

See also

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