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ceno-

ceno- prefix: new or recent. Also the alternative form of coeno-.

Prefix (1)

ceno-

  1. New or recent.
    • ceno- + -zoic → Cenozoic
    Synonyms:
    neo-, nov-, cen-
    Antonyms:
    paleo-

Prefix (2)

ceno-

  1. Empty.

Also used as

ceno- is also the alternative form of coeno-.

Synonyms of ceno-

Antonyms

Forms of ceno-

alternative formcaeno-
alternative formcæno-
alternative formcaen-
alternative formcæn-
alternative formcen-
alternative formkeno-
alternative formken-

Origin of ceno-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new, recent”).

From Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “empty”).

Questions about ceno-

What does ceno- mean?
Ceno- means new or recent.
What part of speech is ceno-?
Ceno- is a prefix.

Words near ceno- in the dictionary

  1. Ceniceroses
  2. cenicriviroc
  3. Ceniyah
  4. Ceniyahs
  5. Cenlle
  6. ceno-
  7. cenobia
  8. cenobiac
  9. cenobial
  10. cenobiarch
  11. cenobiarches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ceno- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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