piro-

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See also: piro, piró, and -piro

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυρο- (puro-), combining form of πῦρ (pûr, fire).

Prefix

piro-

  1. pyro-

Derived terms

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, fire).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ro

Prefix

piro-

  1. pyro-

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

Italian

Alternative forms

  • pir- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυρο- (puro-), combining form of πῦρ (pûr, fire).

Prefix

piro-

  1. pyro-

Derived terms

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυρο- (puro-), combining form of πῦρ (pûr, fire).

Prefix

piro-

  1. pyro- (fire, heat)
    pirotecniapyrotechnics

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυρο- (puro-), combining form of πῦρ (pûr, fire).

Prefix

piro-

  1. pyro-

Derived terms

Further reading