ネオテニー

Japanese

Etymology

From English neoteny, from German Neotenie.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) オテニー [nèótéꜜnìì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • (Tokyo) テニー [nèóꜜtènìì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ne̞o̞te̞ɲ̟iː]

Noun

ネオテニー • (neotenī

  1. (biology) neoteny
    Synonym: 幼形成熟 (yōkei seijuku)