hexa-

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See also: hexa

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • hex- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, six).

Prefix

Greek number prefix
6 Previous: penta-
Next: hepta-

hexa-

  1. six

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English

Alternative forms

  • hex- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, six).

Prefix

Greek number prefix
6 Previous: penta-
Next: hepta-

hexa-

  1. six

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

French

Pronunciation

Prefix

hexa-

  1. hexa-

Derived terms

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, six).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: he‧xa

Prefix

hexa-

  1. hexa- (forming compound words with the sense of "six")

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

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, six).

Pronunciation

Prefix

hexa-

  1. hexa-

Descendants

  • Italian: esa-

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, six).

Prefix

hexa-

  1. penta-