"neo-" meaning in English

See neo- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ˈniːəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈnioʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-neo-.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek prefix νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, “new, young”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*new- (new)}}, {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{m|grc|νεο-}} νεο- (neo-), {{m|grc|νέος||new, young}} νέος (néos, “new, young”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} neo-, {{en-prefix}} neo-
  1. new Tags: morpheme Synonyms (new): ceno-, nov- Translations (new): নও- (noō-) (Bengali), 新- (xīn) (Chinese Mandarin), neo- (Finnish), neo- (German), neu- (German), νεο- (neo-) (Greek), नव (nav) (Hindi), नव्य (navya) (Hindi), neo- (Hungarian), neo- (Irish), neo- (Italian), 新- (shin-) (alt: しん-) (Japanese), нео- (neo-) (Macedonian), ново- (novo-) (Macedonian), neo- (Norwegian Bokmål), neo- (Norwegian Nynorsk), ⁧نو⁩ (now-) (Persian), ⁧نئو⁩ (ne'o-) (Persian), neo- (Portuguese), нео- (neo-) (Russian), ново- (novo-) (Russian), neo- (Spanish), neo- (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-neo--en-prefix-EVB6Di9e Disambiguation of 'new': 98 0 0 2 Disambiguation of 'new': 98 0 0 2
  2. contemporary Tags: morpheme Translations (contemporary): neo- (German), νεο- (neo-) (Greek), neo- (Italian), 現- (gen-) (alt: げん-) (Japanese), 現代- (gendai-) (alt: げんだい-) (Japanese), neo- (Portuguese), ново- (novo-) (Russian), neo- (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-neo--en-prefix-M7XE-lcX Disambiguation of 'contemporary': 0 99 1 0
  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chemistry) Having a structure, similar to that of neopentane, in which each hydrogen atom of a methyl group has been replaced by an alkyl group Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Derived forms: neo-evangelicalism, Neo Hasidism, neolithic, neologism, neonate, neo-Nazi, neophyte, neoteny
    Sense id: en-neo--en-prefix-XGdaO1pK Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  4. (organic chemistry) Being a newly-discovered or -synthesized variant of an existing compound Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Organic chemistry
    Sense id: en-neo--en-prefix-~QvnszUN Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "new",
      "word": "neo-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "contemporary",
      "word": "neo-"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "neo-",
      "sense": "contemporary",
      "word": "νεο-"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "contemporary",
      "word": "neo-"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げん-",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gen-",
      "sense": "contemporary",
      "word": "現-"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんだい-",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gendai-",
      "sense": "contemporary",
      "word": "現代-"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "contemporary",
      "word": "neo-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "novo-",
      "sense": "contemporary",
      "word": "ново-"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "contemporary",
      "word": "neo-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "neo-"
}

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