heterogéneo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɛ.tɨ.ɾɔˈʒɛ.nju/
- Hyphenation: he‧te‧ro‧gé‧ne‧o
Adjective
heterogéneo (feminine heterogénea, masculine plural heterogéneos, feminine plural heterogéneas)
- European Portuguese standard spelling of heterogêneo
- Antonym: homogéneo
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερογενής (heterogenḗs, “of different kinds”), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + γένος (génos, “kind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eteɾoˈxeneo/ [e.t̪e.ɾoˈxe.ne.o]
- Rhymes: -eneo
- Syllabification: he‧te‧ro‧gé‧ne‧o
Adjective
heterogéneo (feminine heterogénea, masculine plural heterogéneos, feminine plural heterogéneas)
- heterogeneous
- Antonym: homogéneo
Derived terms
Further reading
- “heterogéneo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024