penta-
See also: penta
English
Alternative forms
- pent- (before a vowel)
Etymology
PIE word |
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*pénkʷe |
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Persian پنج, Northern Kurdish pênc, Ossetian фондз (fonʒ), Pashto پنځه (pindzə), Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan). Doublet of five, which was inherited from Proto-Germanic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛntə-/, /pɛntæ-/
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with penta-
Related terms
Translations
See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ̃.ta/
Derived terms
French terms prefixed with penta-
Further reading
- “penta-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɛntɒ]
- Hyphenation: pen‧ta
Derived terms
Hungarian nouns prefixed with penta-
References
- 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
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”).
Derived terms
Italian terms prefixed with penta-
- pentabromuro
- pentaciclico
- pentaeritrite
- pentano
- pentatonico
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”). Doublet of cinco.
Derived terms
Portuguese terms prefixed with penta-
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /penta/ [pẽn̪.t̪a]
- Syllabification: pen‧ta-
Derived terms
Spanish terms prefixed with penta-
Further reading
- “penta-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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