penta-
See also: penta
English
Alternative forms
- pent- (before a vowel)
Etymology
PIE word |
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*pénkʷe |
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Persian پنج, Northern Kurdish pênc, Ossetian фондз (fonʒ), Pashto پنځه (pindzə), Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan). Doublet of five, which was inherited from Proto-Germanic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛntə-/, /pɛntæ-/
Prefix
5 | Previous: | tessara- tetra- |
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Next: | hexa- |
penta-
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with penta-
Related terms
Translations
five
See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ̃.ta/
Prefix
penta-
Derived terms
French terms prefixed with penta-
Further reading
- “penta-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɛntɒ]
- Hyphenation: pen‧ta
Prefix
penta-
Derived terms
Hungarian nouns prefixed with penta-
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
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”).
Prefix
penta-
Derived terms
Italian terms prefixed with penta-
- pentabromuro
- pentaciclico
- pentaeritrite
- pentano
- pentatonico
Related terms
Further reading
- penta- in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- pènta- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- penta- in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”). Doublet of cinco.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽ.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pẽ.tɐ/
Prefix
penta-
Derived terms
Portuguese terms prefixed with penta-
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /penta/ [pẽn̪.t̪a]
- Syllabification: pen‧ta-
Prefix
penta-
Derived terms
Spanish terms prefixed with penta-
Further reading
- “penta-”, 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