# 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

* Neoceti
* Neognathae
* Neoptera
* Neopterygii
* Neornithes

## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈniːəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /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chemistry) Having a structure, similar to that of neopentane, in which each hydrogen atom of a methyl group has been replaced by an alkyl group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

* paleo-
* proto-

#### Derived terms

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

#### Translations
### Anagrams

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

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˌne.u]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˌne.o]
(attracts secondary stress)

### Prefix

neo-
* neo-, new
    Antonym: paleo-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “neo-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

neo-
* neo-

#### Derived terms
## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈneo-/, [ˈne̞o̞-]

### Prefix

neo-
* neo-

#### Synonyms

* (especially before native words): uus-

### Anagrams

* eno

## 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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɛo]

### Prefix

neo-
* 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: /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-
* neo-

#### Synonyms

* (before native words): nua-

#### Derived terms
## Italian
### Prefix

neo-
* neo-

#### Derived terms
### Anagrams

* -one, Eno, Noè, eno-

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

neo-
* neo-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “neo-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

neo-
* neo-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “neo-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɛ.ɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɔ
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Prefix

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

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* neo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌnɛw/ [ˌnɛʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /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”)

#### Related terms

* novo

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish nem- (compare Irish neamh-, Manx neu-).

### Prefix

neo-
* un-

#### See also

* mì-
* eu-
* do-

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

neo-
* 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], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Prefix

neo-
* neo-

#### See also

* ny-

### References

* neo- in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* neo- in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* neo- in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)