prefix
Meaning 1
green in color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
chloro-
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈklɔːɹəʊ/
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US: /ˈklɔːɹoʊ/
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prefix
Meaning 2
Containing chlorine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhelh3- Proto-Hellenic *khlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) English chloro- From Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: chloro- — meaning green
- Catalan: cloro- — chemistry: containing chlorine
- Czech: chloro- — chemistry: containing chlorine
- Finnish: kloori- — chemistry: containing chlorine
- French: chloro- — chemistry: containing chlorine
- German: Chlor- — chemistry: containing chlorine
- Italian: cloro- — chemistry: containing chlorine
- Japanese: クロロ (kuroro) — chemistry: containing chlorine
- Polish: chloro- — chemistry: containing chlorine
- Portuguese: cloro- — chemistry: containing chlorine
- Spanish: cloro- — chemistry: containing chlorine
- Turkish: kloro- — chemistry: containing chlorine