nano-

See also: nano, ñaño, -nano, nanó-, and Nan'ō

English

Etymology

From Latin nānus (dwarf), from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnænəʊ/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnænoʊ/

Prefix

SI prefix
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nano-

  1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−9 (short scale billionth or long scale milliardth). Symbol: n
  2. Derived from the nanotechnology industry.
    nano- + biologynanobiology
  3. (diminutive) Very small.
    nano- + particlenanoparticle
    nano- + planktonnanoplankton

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with nano-
  • nanothermite

Translations

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Further reading

  • nano-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

Catalan

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with nano-

Further reading

Czech

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with nano-

Further reading

  • nano- in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • nano- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Danish

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with nano-

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin nanus (dwarf), from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-
Dutch terms prefixed with nano-

Estonian

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Estonian terms prefixed with nano-

Further reading

  • nano-”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑno-/, [ˈnɑ̝no̞-]

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with nano-

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-
  2. Relating to garden gnomes

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with nano-

Further reading

Galician

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

From

Galician terms prefixed with nano-

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Further reading

German

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with nano-

Further reading

  • nano-” in Duden online
  • nano-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin nānus (dwarf),[1] from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɒno]
  • Hyphenation: na‧no

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with nano-

References

  1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Further reading

  • nano- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

Latvian

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Latvian terms prefixed with nano-

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.nɔ/

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with nano-

Further reading

  • nano- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with nano-

Romanian

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Romanian terms prefixed with nano-

Further reading

Slovak

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Slovak terms prefixed with nano-

Further reading

  • nano-”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with nano-

Further reading

Swedish

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with nano-

Turkish

Prefix

nano-

  1. nano-

Derived terms

Turkish terms prefixed with nano-

Further reading

  • nano-”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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