bio-

From Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

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bio-

1. life

   Antonym: thanato-

2. organic life
3. biological

   biochild; biodad; biofamily; biofather; biokid; biomom; biomother; bioparent; biosib; biosibling; bioson

• (animal life in particular): zoo-

• BOI, Boi, IBO, IOB, Ibo, boi, obi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

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bio-

1. bio-

• “bio-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bio-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “bio-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bio-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

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bio-

1. bio-

• “bio-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• bio- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

bio-

1. bio- (concerning or associated with life)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.oː/

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bio-

1. (pertaining to) life

From Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: bi‧o

bio-

1. bio-

   ‎bio- + ‎genezo (“genesis”) → ‎biogenezo (“biogenesis”)

   ‎bio- + ‎kemio (“chemistry”) → ‎biokemio (“biochemistry”)

   ‎bio- + ‎diverseco (“diversity”) → ‎biodiverseco (“biodiversity”)

   ‎bio- + ‎industrio (“industry”) → ‎bioindustrio (“bioindustry”)

   ‎bio- + ‎maso (“mass”) → ‎biomaso (“biomass”)

   ‎bio- + ‎sintezo (“synthesis”) → ‎biosintezo (“biosynthesis”)

   ‎bio- + ‎tekniko (“technique”) → ‎biotekniko (“biotechnique”)

Internationalism (see English bio-), ultimately from Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbio-/,

bio-

1. bio-

• IPA^(key): /bjo/

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bio-

1. life

• bio

• “bio-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

bio-

1. bio-

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bio-

1. life
2. organically produced, or otherwise environmentally friendly

• öko-

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).^[1]

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bio-

1. (noun prefix) bio- (pertaining to life)

Borrowed from English bio-, French bio-, German bio-, Italian bio-, Spanish bio-, Portuguese bio-, French bio-, Portuguese bio-, English bio-, Russian био- (bio-), all ultimately from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

• IPA^(key): /bio/

bio-

1. (neologism) bio-

   ‎bio- + ‎kemio (“chemistry”) → ‎biokemio (“biochemistry”)

From Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

bio-

1. bio-: (organic) life.

• “bio-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

bio-

1. Alternative form of bith-, used before a broad T.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “biot-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

bio-

1. bio- (life)

• -bio

• obi

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”), either from *gʷih₃wós (“alive, living”), with the suffix *-wós, or from βίοτος (bíotos, “life”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ or *gʷih₃-etos (“life”), both from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

bio-

1. bio-

• “bio-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

bio-

1. bio-

• “bio-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-).

• IPA^(key): /bjɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ
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bio-

1. bio-

   ‎bio- + ‎geografia → ‎biogeografia

• -biont, -bioza

• bio- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos). Doublet of zoo-.

bio-

1. bio- (indicates life)

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

bio-

1. bio-

• “bio-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

bio-

1. bio-; pertaining to life

From English bio-.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbiː.ɔ/

bio-

1. bio-

   ‎bio- + ‎amrywiaeth (“variety, diversity”) → ‎bioamrywiaeth (“biodiversity”)

   ‎bio- + ‎cemeg (“chemistry”) → ‎biocemeg (“biochemistry”)

   ‎bio- + ‎diraddio (“to degrade”) → ‎bioddiraddio (“to biodegrade”)

   ‎bio- + ‎-leg (“-logy”) → ‎bioleg (“biology”)