xeno-
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “alien”).
Prefix
xeno-
- Used to form taxonomic names and epithets indicating strangeness
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “alien”).
Prefix
xeno-
- Having to do with foreigners.
- Relating to strangers or strangeness.
- From a foreign place.
- (biology, medicine, transplantation) From a donor of another species.
- Of extraterrestrial origin.
- xeno- + archaeology → xenoarchaeology
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with xeno-
Translations
having to do with foreigners
relating to strangers or strangeness
Latin
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seno/ [se.no]
- Syllabification: xe‧no-
Derived terms
Spanish terms prefixed with xeno-
Further reading
- “xeno-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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