neanderthal

See also: Neanderthal

English
model in the Neanderthal museum, Düsseldorf, Germany

Etymology

See Neanderthal.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) enPR: nē.ănʹdə.täl', IPA(key): /niːˈæn.dəˌtɑːl/,[1], IPA(key): /niːˈæn.dəˌθɑːl/
  • (US) enPR: nē.ănʹdər.thäl', IPA(key): /niːˈæn.dɚˌθɑːl/; enPR: nē.ănʹdər.täl', IPA(key): /niːˈæn.dɚˌtɑːl/,[1]
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Adjective

neanderthal (not comparable)

  1. Primitive, old-fashioned, opposed to change (in allusion to the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis).

Alternative forms

Translations

Noun

neanderthal (plural neanderthals)

  1. (derogatory) A primitive person or a person with old-fashioned ideas or who opposes change.
  2. (usually Neanderthal) A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.

Alternative forms

Translations
a Homo neanderthalensis specimen — see Neanderthal

References
  1. “neanderthal” listed in the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (© Cambridge University Press 2009)

Spanish

Adjective

neanderthal (plural neanderthales)

  1. neanderthal
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