xeno-

From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “alien”).

xeno-

1. Used to form taxonomic names and epithets indicating strangeness

• xen-

From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “alien”).

xeno-

1. Having to do with foreigners.

   xenophilia, xenophobia

2. Relating to strangers or strangeness.
3. From a foreign place.

   xenolith, xenomenia

4. (biology, medicine, transplantation) From a donor of another species.

   Synonym: hetero-

   Coordinate terms: allo-, auto-, self-

   porcine xenograft

   • 2025 September 3, Y. Juvé, C. Lutrat, A. Ha, et al., “One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants”, in Nature‎^[1], →DOI:

     We suggest defining such females as xenoparous, meaning they need to produce individuals of another species as part of their life cycle. This shows the evolution of xenoparity (xeno-, meaning ‘foreign, strange, different’, and -parity, meaning ‘produce, bring forth, give birth’), which is the need to propagate another species’ genome by means of its own eggs.

5. Of extraterrestrial origin.

   ‎xeno- + ‎archaeology → ‎xenoarchaeology

• Exon, exon, oxen

Combining form of Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”).

IPA^(key): (Central) [ʃə.nu]

• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʃə.no]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃe.no]

xeno-

1. xeno-

• “xeno-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

xeno-

1. xeno- (all senses)

xeno-

1. xeno-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”).

• Hyphenation: xe‧no-

xeno-

1. xeno-

• “xeno-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”).

• IPA^(key): /seno/ [se.no]
• Syllabification: xe‧no-

xeno-

1. xeno-

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