Standard Lemma guide

cyber-

prefix · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.bə(ɹ)/
  • General-American: /ˈsaɪ.bəɹ/
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prefix

Meaning 1

Relating to the Internet or cyberspace, or to computers more generally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, morpheme

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From cybernetic.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кибер- (kiber-) — relating to computers
  • Catalan: ciber- — relating to computers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 網絡 /网络 (wǎngluò) — relating to computers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 賽博 /赛博 (sàibó) — relating to computers
  • Czech: kyber- — relating to computers
  • Danish: cyber- — relating to computers
  • Dutch: cyber- — relating to computers
  • Estonian: küber- — relating to computers
  • Finnish: kyber- — relating to computers
  • French: cyber- — relating to computers
  • Galician: ciber- — relating to computers
  • Georgian: კიბერ- (ḳiber-) — relating to computers
  • German: cyber- — relating to computers
  • German: kyber- — relating to computers
  • Greek: κυβερνο- (kyverno-) — relating to computers
  • Irish: cibear- — relating to computers
  • Irish: cibir- — relating to computers
  • Italian: ciber- — relating to computers
  • Japanese: サイバー (saibā) — relating to computers
  • Polish: cyber- — relating to computers
  • Portuguese: ciber- — relating to computers
  • Russian: кибер- (kiber-) — relating to computers
  • Spanish: ciber- — relating to computers
  • Swedish: cyber- — relating to computers
  • Swedish: sajber- — relating to computers
  • Tajik: сомона- (somona-) — relating to computers