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See also: Appendix:Variations of "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chemistry) Having a structure, similar to that of neopentane, in which each hydrogen atom of a methyl group has been replaced by an alkyl group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

Synonyms

(new): ceno-, nov-

Antonyms

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with neo-

neoendothelialization

neo-evangelicalism
Neo Hasidism
neolithic
neologism
neonate
neo-Nazi
neophyte
neoteny

Translations

new

Armenian: նոր- (hy) (nor-), նեո- (neo-)
Bengali: নও- (bn) (noō-)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 新- (zh)
Finnish: neo- (fi)
German: neo- (de), neu-
Greek: νεο- (el) (neo-)
Hindi: नव (hi) (nav), नव्य (hi) (navya)
Hungarian: neo- (hu)
Irish: neo-
Italian: neo- (it)
Japanese: 新- (ja) (しん-, shin-)
Macedonian: нео- (neo-), ново- (novo-)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: neo-

Nynorsk: neo-
Persian: نو (fa) (now-), نئو (ne'o-)
Portuguese: neo- (pt)
Russian: нео- (ru) (neo-), ново- (novo-)
Spanish: neo- (es)
Swedish: neo- (sv)

contemporary

German: neo- (de)
Greek: νεο- (el) (neo-)
Italian: neo- (it)
Japanese: 現- (ja) (げん-, gen-), 現代- (ja) (げんだい-, gendai-)
Portuguese: neo- (pt)
Russian: ново- (novo-)
Spanish: neo- (es)

Anagrams

-one, EON, NOE, Noe, eno-, eon, one

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-, prefix), from νέος (néos, “new, young”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌne.u]

IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˌne.o]

(attracts secondary stress)

Prefix

neo-

neo-, new
Antonym: paleo-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with neo-

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Prefix

neo-

neo-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with neo-

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English neo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek νέος (néos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈneo-/, [ˈne̞o̞-]

Prefix

neo-

neo-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with neo-

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”)

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Prefix

neo-

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-

neo-

Derived terms

Hungarian adjectives prefixed with neo-

neoklasszikus

Hungarian nouns prefixed with neo-

neorealizmus

References

[1]
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-
1. new
2. contemporary
3. (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.
4. (organic chemistry) Being a newly-discovered or -synthesized variant of an existing compound.

Derived terms

Indonesian terms prefixed with neo-

neofobia

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-

neo-

Synonyms

(before native words): nua-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with neo-

Italian

Prefix

neo-

neo-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with neo-

Anagrams

-one, Eno, Noè, eno-

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”).

Prefix

neo-

neo-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with neo-

neodym

neolittisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”).

Prefix

neo-

neo-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with neo-

neodym

neolittisk

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-

neo- (new)
neo- (contemporary)
Synonym: współ-

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with neo-

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”)