neonatal

See also: néonatal and neo-natal

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

neo- +‎ natal.

Adjective

neonatal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the period of time immediately following birth, or to the newborn.
    The baby was placed in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˌne.u.nəˈtal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˌne.o.nəˈtal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˌne.o.naˈtal]
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

neonatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural neonatals)

  1. neonatal

Derived terms
  • neonatalogia

See also

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From neo- +‎ natal.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ne.o.naˈtaw/ [ne.o.naˈtaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /nju.nɐˈtal/ [nju.nɐˈtaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /nju.nɐˈta.li/

  • Hyphenation: ne‧o‧na‧tal

Adjective

neonatal m or f (plural neonatais)

  1. neonatal

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From neo- +‎ natal.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /neonaˈtal/ [ne.o.naˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ne‧o‧na‧tal

Adjective

neonatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural neonatales)

  1. neonatal

Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

neonatal (not comparable)

  1. neonatal

Declension
Inflection of neonatal
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular neonatal — —
Neuter singular neonatalt — —
Plural neonatala — —
Masculine plural3 neonatale — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 neonatale — —
All neonatala — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms
  • neonatalavdelning
  • neonatalvård

References
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