atavisme

French

Etymology

From Latin atavus (ancestor) + -isme

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ta.vism/

Noun

atavisme m (plural atavismes)

  1. atavism (reappearance of an ancestral characteristic)

Further reading


Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

  1. atavism
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