abiogenesis
abi·o·ge·ne·sis/ˌeɪbaɪəʊˈdʒɛnəsɪs/noun
abiogenesis is spelled A-B-I-O-G-E-N-E-S-I-S: 11 letters and 5 syllables (abi·o·ge·ne·sis). It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, abiogenesis means “The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of abiogenesis is abiogeneses.
How many letters and syllables are in abiogenesis?
| Letters | 11: A-B-I-O-G-E-N-E-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: abi·o·ge·ne·sis |
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is abiogenesis?
Abiogenesis appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce abiogenesis?
- UK /ˌeɪbaɪəʊˈdʒɛnəsɪs/
- UK /-ˌbaɪə-/
- UK /-ˌbiːə-/
Abiogenesis has 5 syllables, split abi·o·ge·ne·sis in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-abiogenesis.wav, EN-Abiogenesis.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with abiogenesis?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as abiogenesis from its last stressed vowel (/ɛnəsɪs/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of abiogenesis
- abiogeneses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abiogenesis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Abiogenesis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense origination of living organisms from lifeless matter:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | abiogenèse |
| German | Abiogenesis, Abiogenese |
| Portuguese | abiogênese, abiogénese |
| Spanish | abiogénesis, autogénesis, generación espontánea |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does abiogenesis come from?
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not-”, the alpha privative) + βῐ́ος (bĭ́os, “life”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)) + γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source; manner of birth; creation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth; production”)); equivalent to abio- + genesis. The words biogenesis and abiogenesis were both coined by English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) in 1870 (see the quotation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).