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neotenia

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English

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Noun

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neotenia (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of neoteny

Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see German Neotenie).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈneoteniɑ/, [ˈne̞o̞ˌt̪e̞niɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -eniɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): neo‧te‧nia

Noun

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neotenia

  1. (biology) neoteny

Declension

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Inflection of neotenia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative neotenia neoteniat
genitive neotenian neotenioiden
neotenioitten
partitive neoteniaa neotenioita
illative neoteniaan neotenioihin
singular plural
nominative neotenia neoteniat
accusative nom. neotenia neoteniat
gen. neotenian
genitive neotenian neotenioiden
neotenioitten
neoteniain rare
partitive neoteniaa neotenioita
inessive neoteniassa neotenioissa
elative neoteniasta neotenioista
illative neoteniaan neotenioihin
adessive neotenialla neotenioilla
ablative neotenialta neotenioilta
allative neotenialle neotenioille
essive neoteniana neotenioina
translative neoteniaksi neotenioiksi
abessive neoteniatta neotenioitta
instructive neotenioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of neotenia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative neoteniani neoteniani
accusative nom. neoteniani neoteniani
gen. neoteniani
genitive neoteniani neotenioideni
neotenioitteni
neoteniaini rare
partitive neoteniaani neotenioitani
inessive neoteniassani neotenioissani
elative neoteniastani neotenioistani
illative neoteniaani neotenioihini
adessive neoteniallani neotenioillani
ablative neotenialtani neotenioiltani
allative neotenialleni neotenioilleni
essive neotenianani neotenioinani
translative neoteniakseni neotenioikseni
abessive neoteniattani neotenioittani
instructive
comitative neotenioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative neoteniasi neoteniasi
accusative nom. neoteniasi neoteniasi
gen. neoteniasi
genitive neoteniasi neotenioidesi
neotenioittesi
neoteniaisi rare
partitive neoteniaasi neotenioitasi
inessive neoteniassasi neotenioissasi
elative neoteniastasi neotenioistasi
illative neoteniaasi neotenioihisi
adessive neoteniallasi neotenioillasi
ablative neotenialtasi neotenioiltasi
allative neoteniallesi neotenioillesi
essive neotenianasi neotenioinasi
translative neoteniaksesi neotenioiksesi
abessive neoteniattasi neotenioittasi
instructive
comitative neotenioinesi

Anagrams

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
neotenia

Etymology

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Internationalism; compare English neoteny, French néoténie, German Neotenie, ultimately from Ancient Greek νέος (néos) + τείνειν (teínein).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nɛ.ɔˈtɛɲ.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɲja
  • Syllabification: ne‧o‧ten‧ia

Noun

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neotenia f (related adjective neoteniczny)

  1. (biology) neoteny (retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult)
  2. (biology) neoteny (sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage)

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