tetra-
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-).
Prefix
edit4 | Previous: | tri- |
---|---|---|
Next: | penta- |
tetra-
Derived terms
editEnglish
editAlternative forms
edit- tetr- (before a vowel)
Etymology
editFrom Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-), combining form of Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), from τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
Pronunciation
editPrefix
edit4 | Previous: | tri- |
---|---|---|
Next: | penta- |
tetra-
- Four.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 665: [cf. -latry]
- Which is how Kit first heard about the T.W.I.T. back in London, and of the ghostly neo-Pythagorean cult of tetralatry or worship of the number four, currently the rage in certain European circles
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 665: [cf. -latry]
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editforming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
See also
editAnagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
Prefix
edittetra-
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “tetra-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tetra-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “tetra-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tetra-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
editAlternative forms
edit- tetr- (before a vowel)
Etymology
editFrom Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
Prefix
edittetra-
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editAnagrams
editPolish
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-).
Pronunciation
editPrefix
edittetra-
- tetra-
- tetra- + -logia → tetralogia
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- tetra- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
Prefix
edittetra-
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “tetra-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editPrefix
edittetra-
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “tetra-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual prefixes
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English prefixes
- en:Four
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan prefixes
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian lemmas
- Italian prefixes
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛtra
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛtra/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish prefixes
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese prefixes
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish prefixes