heterogéneo

See also: heterogeneo, heterógeneo, and heterogêneo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.tɨ.ɾɔˈʒɛ.nju/

• Hyphenation: he‧te‧ro‧gé‧ne‧o

Adjective

heterogéneo (feminine heterogénea, masculine plural heterogéneos, feminine plural heterogéneas)

1. European Portuguese standard spelling of heterogêneo.

   Antonym: homogéneo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερογενής (heterogenḗs, “of different kinds”), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + γένος (génos, “kind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eteɾoˈxeneo/ [e.t̪e.ɾoˈxe.ne.o]
• Rhymes: -eneo
• Syllabification: he‧te‧ro‧gé‧ne‧o

Adjective

heterogéneo (feminine heterogénea, masculine plural heterogéneos, feminine plural heterogéneas)

1. heterogeneous

   Antonym: homogéneo

Derived terms

• heterogeneidad

Further reading

• “heterogéneo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10