elektro-

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See also: elektro

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, amber).

Pronunciation

Prefix

elektro-

  1. electro-

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • elektro- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • elektro- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Danish

Prefix

elektro-

  1. electro-

Derived terms

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin electrum (amber; electrum), from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, amber; electrum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌeːˈlɛk.troː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: elek‧tro

Prefix

elektro-

  1. electro-

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: elektro

Esperanto

Etymology

From elektro (electricity).

Prefix

elektro-

  1. electro-

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English electro-), ultimately from Latin electrum.

Pronunciation

Prefix

elektro-

  1. electro-
    Synonym: sähkö-

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Prefix

elektro-

  1. electro-

Derived terms

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin electrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, amber) (a natural resin, which - when rubbed - produces static electricity).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: elekt‧ro

Prefix

elektro-

  1. electro-

Derived terms

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

Ido

Etymology

From elektro (electricity).

Prefix

elektro-

  1. electro-

Derived terms

Category Ido terms prefixed with elektro- not found

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).

Prefix

elektro-

  1. electro-

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).

Prefix

elektro-

  1. electro-

Derived terms

References

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).

Pronunciation

Prefix

elektro-

  1. electro-
    elektro- + ‎narzędzie → ‎elektronarzędzie

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Prefix

elektro- (Cyrillic spelling електро-)

  1. electro-

Derived terms

Swedish

Prefix

elektro-

  1. electro- (pertaining to electricity)

Derived terms