"xeno-" meaning in English

See xeno- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “alien”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ξένος||alien}} Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “alien”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} xeno-, {{en-prefix}} xeno-
  1. Having to do with foreigners. Tags: morpheme Translations (having to do with foreigners): ξενο- (xeno-) (Ancient Greek), xeno- (Czech), xeno- (Dutch), kseno- (Esperanto), xéno- (French), fremd- (German), ξενο- (xeno-) (Greek), xeno- (Portuguese), ино- (ino-) (Russian), ксено- (kseno-) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-xeno--en-prefix-TVe0XXcv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 19 2 20 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 17 0 16 2 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 64 17 0 16 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 65 18 0 15 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 20 0 13 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 41 17 2 30 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 46 13 2 34 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 64 15 0 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 64 17 0 16 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 65 15 0 18 2 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 61 16 0 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 41 18 3 29 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 56 15 0 26 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 64 17 0 16 2 Disambiguation of 'having to do with foreigners': 92 4 0 4 0
  2. Relating to strangers or strangeness. Tags: morpheme Translations (relating to strangers or strangeness): ξενο- (xeno-) (Ancient Greek), xéno- (French), fremd- (German), ξενο- (xeno-) (Greek), xeno- (Portuguese), чуже- (čuže-) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-xeno--en-prefix-jmHgN20j Disambiguation of 'relating to strangers or strangeness': 5 91 0 3 1
  3. From a foreign place. Tags: morpheme Translations (from a foreign place): ξενο- (xeno-) (Ancient Greek), xeno- (Czech), xeno- (Dutch), kseno- (Esperanto), xéno- (French), ξενο- (xeno-) (Greek), xeno- (Portuguese), ино- (ino-) (Russian), чуже- (čuže-) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-xeno--en-prefix-Bb06iIbI Disambiguation of 'from a foreign place': 0 0 88 11 1
  4. (biology, medicine, transplantation) From a donor of another species. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Biology, Medicine Synonyms: hetero-
    Sense id: en-xeno--en-prefix-X-oNxMul Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  5. Of extraterrestrial origin. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-xeno--en-prefix-LdrzqD0N
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: xen- Related terms: xenelasy

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for xeno- meaning in English (4.8kB)

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.