neófito

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin neophytus, from Ancient Greek νεόφυτος (neóphutos).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈɔ.fi.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈɔ.fi.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnjɔ.fi.tu/

Noun

neófito m (plural neófitos)

Further reading

“neófito” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin neophytus, from Ancient Greek νεόφυτος (neóphutos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /neˈofito/ [neˈo.fi.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ofito
Syllabification: ne‧ó‧fi‧to

Noun

neófito m (plural neófitos, feminine neófita, feminine plural neófitas)

neophyte, novice

Further reading

“neófito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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