geo-
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiː.əʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.oʊ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiː.əʉ/
- Rhymes: -iəʊ
Prefix
geo-
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with geo-
- geo-adapting
- geo-block
- geo-blocking
- geocaching
- geocentric
- geo-cloning
- geocontent
- geode
- geodesic
- geodesy
- geofabric
- geofence
- geofencing
- geographer
- geographic
- geographical
- geography
- geo-imputation
- geologer
- geological
- geologist
- geology
- geomancy
- geomap
- geomembrane
- geometer
- geometric
- geometrical
- geometry
- geo-military
- geomorphology
- geophysics
- geopolitical
- geopolitics
- geopressure
- geospatial
- geostationary
- geotechnical
- geotextile
- geothermal
- geotropism
Translations
Earth
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See also
- helio- (the Sun), hermeo- (Mercury), geo- (the Earth), seleno- (the Moon), areo- (Mars), zeno- (Jupiter), crono- (Saturn), urano- (Uranus)
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Prefix
geo-
Derived terms
Catalan terms prefixed with geo-
Further reading
- “geo-”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “geo-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “geo-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “geo-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡɛo ]
Prefix
geo-
Derived terms
Czech terms prefixed with geo-
Further reading
- “geo-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- geo- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Prefix
geo-
Dutch terms prefixed with geo-
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English geo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡeo-/, [ˈɡe̞o̞-]
Prefix
geo-
- (usually in loanwords) geo-
Derived terms
Finnish terms prefixed with geo-
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡeo/
Audio: (file)
Prefix
geo-
- geo- (global, pertaining to the Earth, pertaining to geography)
- geo- + Politik (“politics”) → Geopolitik (“geopolitics”)
- geo- + Wissenschaften (“sciences”) → Geowissenschaften (“geoscience”)
Derived terms
Further reading
Hungarian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɛo]
Prefix
geo-
Derived terms
Hungarian nouns prefixed with geo-
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
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch geo-, from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡeo̯]
- Hyphenation: géo
Prefix
géo
Derived terms
Category Indonesian terms prefixed with geo- not found
Further reading
- “geo-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Prefix
geo-
- geo- (Earth)
Derived terms
Irish terms prefixed with geo-
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛ.o/
- Hyphenation: gè‧o-
Prefix
geo-
Related terms
Italian terms prefixed with geo-
See also
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛ.ɔ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɔ
- Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
Prefix
geo-
Derived terms
Polish terms prefixed with geo-
Further reading
- geo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʒɛ.o/, /ˌʒe.o/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌʒɛ.ɔ/
- Hyphenation: ge‧o-
Prefix
geo-
- geo- (Earth)
- geo- + climático → geoclimático
- geo- (geography)
- geo- + política → geopolítica
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xeo/ [xe.o]
- Syllabification: ge‧o-
Prefix
geo-
Derived terms
Spanish terms prefixed with geo-
Further reading
- “geo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Swedish
Prefix
geo-
- geo-; pertaining to the Earth
Derived terms
Swedish terms prefixed with geo-