neo-
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”).
Prefix
neo-
- new. (Often used to form clade or taxonomic names indicating more recent branching than a morphologically or otherwise similar group.)
Derived terms
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek prefix νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, “new, young”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈniːəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnioʊ/
Prefix
neo-
- new
- contemporary
- (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chemistry) Having a structure, similar to that of neopentane, in which each hydrogen atom of a methyl group has been replaced by an alkyl group
- (organic chemistry) Being a newly-discovered or -synthesized variant of an existing compound
- (surgery, especially of genitals) surgically created
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-, prefix), from νέος (néos, “new, young”).
Pronunciation
(attracts secondary stress)
Prefix
neo-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “neo-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Prefix
neo-
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Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English neo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek νέος (néos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneo-/, [ˈne̞o̞-]
Prefix
neo-
- (chiefly in loanwords) neo-
Synonyms
- (especially before native words): uus-
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Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-, prefix), from νέος (néos, “new, young”).
Prefix
neo-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “neo-” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
German
Etymology
Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”)
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Prefix
neo-
Usage notes
Nouns with this prefix are capitalized, just like other nouns in German.
Derived terms
Hungarian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɛo]
Prefix
neo-
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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
Indonesian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, “new, young”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛ.ɔ/
- Hyphenation: neo
Prefix
neo-
- neo-
- new
- contemporary
- (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
- (organic chemistry) being a newly-discovered or -synthesized variant of an existing compound
Derived terms
References
- “neo-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, “new, young”).
Prefix
neo-
Synonyms
- (before native words): nua-
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Italian
Prefix
neo-
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”).
Prefix
neo-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “neo-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”).
Prefix
neo-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “neo-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛ.ɔ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɔ
- Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
Prefix
neo-
Derived terms
Further reading
- neo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌnɛw/ [ˌnɛʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌnɛ.ɔ/
Prefix
neo-
- neo- (indicates novelty, newness)
- forms demonyms corresponding to placenames that contain novo or nova (“new”)
- Nova Zelândia (“New Zealand”) → neozelandês (“New Zealander”)
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish nem- (compare Irish neamh-, Manx neu-).
Prefix
neo-
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See also
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-, prefix), from νέος (néos, “new, young”).
Prefix
neo-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “neo-”, 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
Swedish
Prefix
neo-