prefix
Meaning 1
hundred
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: centi-, hecato-
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hecto-
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈhɛk.tə/
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before-vowel: /ˈhɛk.təʊ/
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prefix
Meaning 2
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 100. Symbol: h
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From French hecto-, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”). Doublet of hecato- and centi-.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: гекта- (hjekta-) — hundred
- Bulgarian: хекто- (hekto-) — hundred
- Czech: hekto- — hundred
- Danish: hekto- — hundred
- Dutch: hecto- — hundred
- Esperanto: hekto- — hundred
- Finnish: hehto- — hundred
- French: hecto- — hundred
- Galician: hecto- — hundred
- German: hekto- — hundred
- Greek: εκατό- (ekató-) — hundred
- Greek: εκατο- (ekato-) — hundred
- Hindi: शत- (śat-) — hundred
- Hungarian: hekto- — hundred
- Icelandic: hektó- — hundred
- Indonesian: hekto- — hundred
- Italian: etto- — hundred
- Japanese: ヘクト- (hekuto) — hundred
- Korean: 헥토- (hekto-) — hundred
- Malay: hekto- — hundred
- Marathi: शत- (śat-) — hundred
- Nepali: शत- (śat-) — hundred
- Polish: hekto- — hundred
- Portuguese: hecto- — hundred
- Russian: гекто- (gekto-) — hundred
- Slovak: hekto- — hundred
- Slovene: hekto- — hundred
- Spanish: hecto- — hundred
- Swedish: hekto- — hundred
- Thai: เฮกโต- (hêek-dtoo-) — hundred
- Thai: ศต- (sà-dtà-, sàt-dtà-) — hundred
- Turkish: hekto- — hundred
- Vietnamese: héc-tô — hundred
- Bulgarian: хекто- (hekto-) — SI 102
- French: hecto- — SI 102