atavisme

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.təˈβiz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.təˈviz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.taˈviz.me]

atavisme m (plural atavismes)

1. atavism

• atàvic

• “atavisme”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “atavisme”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “atavisme” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “atavisme” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin atavus (“ancestor”) + -isme.

• IPA^(key): /a.ta.vism/ ~ /a.ta.vizm/

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atavisme m (plural atavismes)

1. atavism (reappearance of an ancestral characteristic)

• “atavisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Affixed *atavus +‎ -isme, borrowed from Dutch atavisme, from French atavisme, from Latin atavus (“ancestor”).

• IPA^(key): [ataˈvɪsmə]
• Hyphenation: ata‧vis‧mê

atavismê (plural atavisme-atavisme)

1. atavism

• “atavisme” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

atavisme m (definite singular atavismen, indefinite plural atavismer, definite plural atavismene)

1. atavism

• “atavisme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.