neanderthal

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• Received-Pronunciation: nē.ănʹdə.täl'
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• Received-Pronunciation: /niːˈæn.dəˌtɑːl/
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• General-American: nē.ănʹdər.thäl
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• General-American: nē.ănʹdər.täl
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• General-American: /niˈæn.dɚˌθɑl/
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• General-American: /niˈæn.dɚ.θəl/
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• General-American: /niˈæn.dɚˌtɑl/
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• CMU ARPABET: N IY0 AE1 N D ER0 TH AO2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From obsolete German Neanderthal, now spelled Neandertal, the name of a valley (German Tal, older also spelled Thal) near Düsseldorf where the first Neanderthal was discovered in 1856. A hollow near the valley was known as Neanderhöhle (“Neander Hollow”) and Neandershöhle (“Neander’s Hollow”) in the early 19th century, and the valley had been renamed to Neanderthal in 1850, in honour of the German Calvinist theologian and hymn writer Joachim Neander (1650–1680). Before, the valley was known as das Gesteins (literally “The Rocks [sg.]”) and Hundsklipp (literally “Dog Cliff”). The name of Joachim Neander is based on the Ancient Greek translation (νέος (néos) + ᾰ̓νήρ (ănḗr)) of his original surname Neumann (“Newman”). The pronunciation with the "th" sound (/θ/) is a spelling pronunciation; the original German word is pronounced with a "t" sound (/t/).

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: неандэрта́льскі (njeandertálʹski) — of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis
• Czech: neandertálský — of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis
• French: néandertalien — of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis
• Hungarian: neandervölgyi — of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis
• Kazakh: неандерталдық (neandertaldıq) — of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis
• Korean: 네안데르탈인 (neandereutarin) — of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis
• Polish: neandertalski — of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis
• Russian: неандертальский (neandertalʹskij) — of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis
• Slovak: neandertálsky — of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis
• Spanish: neanderthal — of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis
• Spanish: neandertal — of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis
• Ukrainian: неандерта́льський (neandertálʹsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis
• Esperanto: neandertala — of or pertaining to Neander Valley
• Hungarian: neandervölgyi — of or pertaining to Neander Valley
• Russian: неандерта́льский (neandɛrtálʹskij) — of or pertaining to Neander Valley
• Catalan: neandertal — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Chinese Mandarin: 尼安德特人 (ní'āndétèrén) — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Chinese Mandarin: 尼安德塔人 (ní'āndétǎrén) — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Czech: neandertálec — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Danish: neandertaler — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Dutch: neanderthaler — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Esperanto: neandertalulo — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Esperanto: neandertala homo — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Finnish: neandertalinihminen — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• French: homme de Néandertal — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• German: Neandertaler — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Icelandic: neanderdalsmaður — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Icelandic: neandertalsmaður — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Japanese: ネアンデルタール人 (neanderutārujin) — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Korean: 네안데르탈인 (neandereutarin) — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Latin: homo Neanderthalensis — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Macedonian: неандерта́лец (neandertálec) — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Polish: neandertalczyk — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Portuguese: neandertal — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Russian: неандерта́лец (neandɛrtálec) — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Russian: неандерта́лка (neandɛrtálka) — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Russian: палеоантропо́м (paleoantropóm) — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Spanish: neandertal — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Swedish: neandertalare — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Ukrainian: неандерта́лець (neandertálecʹ) — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Ukrainian: неандерта́лка (neandertálka) — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Vietnamese: Nê-an-đéc-tan — a Homo neanderthalensis specimen
• Bulgarian: неандерта́лец (neandertálec) — a primitive person
• Catalan: neandertal — a primitive person
• Czech: neandertálec — a primitive person
• Esperanto: neandertala homo — a primitive person
• Esperanto: neandertalulo — a primitive person
• Finnish: neandertalinihminen — a primitive person
• French: homme de Néandertal — a primitive person
• Georgian: ნეანდერტალელი (neanderṭaleli) — a primitive person
• German: Neandertaler — a primitive person
• Macedonian: неандерта́лец (neandertálec) — a primitive person
• Polish: neandertalczyk — a primitive person
• Portuguese: neandertal — a primitive person
• Russian: неандерта́лец (neandɛrtálec) — a primitive person
• Russian: неандерта́лка (neandɛrtálka) — a primitive person
• Spanish: neandertal — a primitive person
• Swedish: neandertalare — a primitive person