elektro-
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛlɛktro ]
Prefix
elektro-
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “elektro-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- elektro- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Danish
Etymology
From Latin electrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).
Prefix
elektro-
Derived terms
References
Dutch
Alternative forms
- electro- (superseded)
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin electrum (“amber; electrum”), from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber; electrum”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌeːˈlɛk.troː/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: elek‧tro
Prefix
elektro-
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: elektro
Esperanto
Etymology
From elektro (“electricity”).
Prefix
elektro-
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English electro-), ultimately from Latin electrum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈelektro-/, [ˈe̞le̞k.t̪ro̞-]
Prefix
elektro-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “elektro-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eˈlɛktʁo]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: elek‧tro-
Prefix
elektro-
Derived terms
Hungarian
Etymology
From Latin electrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”)[1] (a natural resin, which - when rubbed - produces static electricity).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛlɛktro]
- Hyphenation: elekt‧ro
Prefix
elektro-
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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-
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).
Prefix
elektro-
Derived terms
References
- “elektro-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).
Prefix
elektro-
Derived terms
References
- “elektro-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ.lɛk.trɔ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlɛktrɔ
- Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
Prefix
elektro-
- electro-
- elektro- + narzędzie → elektronarzędzie
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- elektro- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Prefix
elektro- (Cyrillic spelling електро-)
Derived terms
Swedish
Prefix
elektro-
- electro- (pertaining to electricity)