neoteny

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• UK: /niˈɒtəni/
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• US: /niˈɑːtəni/
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• CMU ARPABET: N IY0 AA1 T AH0 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From German Neotenie, coined in 1884 by anatomist Julius Kollmann from Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “young”) + τείνειν (teínein, “to extend, spread or tense”).

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: неотения (neoteniya) — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Chinese Mandarin: 幼態持續 /幼态持续 (yòutài chíxù) — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Chinese Mandarin: 幼態延續 /幼态延续 (yòutài yánxù) — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Finnish: neotenia — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Finnish: vajaa yksilönkehitys — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• French: néoténie — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Georgian: ნეოტენია (neoṭenia) — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• German: Neotenie — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• German: Verjugendlichung — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Greek: νεοτενία (neotenía) — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Irish: neoitineacht — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Italian: neotenia — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Japanese: ネオテニー (neotenī) — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Japanese: 幼形成熟 (yōkei seijuku) — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Japanese: 幼態成熟 (yōtai seijuku) — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Kazakh: неотения (neoteniä) — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Korean: 유형성숙 (yuhyeongseongsuk) — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Kyrgyz: неотения (neoteniya) — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Occitan: neotenia — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Persian: نئوتنی — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Polish: neotenia — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Russian: неоте́ния (neoténija) — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Spanish: neotenia — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• Swedish: neoteni — retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult
• French: néoténie — sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage
• Irish: neoitineacht — sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage
• Italian: neotenia — sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage
• Polish: neotenia — sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage
• Russian: неоте́ния (neoténija) — sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage
• Swedish: neoteni — sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage