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Etymology
From Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-).
Prefix
tetra-
- four
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-), combining form of Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), from τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
tetra-
- Four.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 665:
- Which is how Kit first heard about the T.W.I.T. back in London, and of the ghostly neo-Pythagorean cult of tetralatry or worship of the number four, currently the rage in certain European circles
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Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
Prefix
tetra-
- tetra-
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Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
Prefix
tetra-
- tetra-
- Synonym: quadri-
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Polish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-).
Pronunciation
Prefix
tetra-
- tetra-
- tetra- + -logia → tetralogia
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- tetra- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
Prefix
tetra-
- tetra-
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Spanish
Prefix
tetra-
- tetra-
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