peta-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "peta"

English

Etymology

Based on penta- (“five”) with the middle letter removed, analogous to tera-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛtə/

Prefix

SI prefix
P	Previous:	tera-
P	Next:	exa-

peta-

In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹⁵ (a short scale quadrillion or long scale billiard). Symbol: P

Antonyms

femto-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with peta-

pebi-

Translations

SI prefix

Bulgarian: пета- (bg) (peta-)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 拍- (yue) (paak³)

Mandarin: 拍- (zh) (pāi-), 拍它- (pāitā-) (mainland China)
Czech: peta-
Danish: peta-
Dutch: peta- (nl)
Esperanto: peta-
Finnish: peta- (fi)
French: peta- (fr), péta- (fr)
Galician: peta- (gl)
Greek: πετα- (peta-)
Hungarian: peta- (hu)
Indonesian: peta-
Japanese: ペタ (ja) (peta)
Korean: 페타- (peta-)
Malay: peta-
Portuguese: peta- (pt)
Russian: пета- (ru) (peta-)
Spanish: peta- (es)
Thai: เพตะ- (pee-dtà)
Vietnamese: pê-ta

Anagrams

Paet, Pate, Peat, epta-, pate, peat, pâté, tape, tepa

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pɛta ]

Prefix

peta-

peta-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with peta-

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Prefix

peta-

peta-

Dutch terms prefixed with peta-

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English peta-).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpetɑ-/, [ˈpe̞t̪ɑ̝-]

Prefix

peta-

peta-

Further reading

“peta-”, 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 3 July 2023

Anagrams

apet

French

Prefix

peta-

peta-

Portuguese

Prefix

peta-

peta- (SI prefix multiplying the unit by 10¹⁵)