Standard Lemma guide

penta-

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

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Pronunciation

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  • /pɛntə-/
  • /pɛntæ-/

1

prefix

Meaning 1

Five.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quinque-, quint-

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

PIE word *pénkwe Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkwe Proto-Hellenic *pénkwe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-, “five”), from πέντε (pénte, “five”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkwe. Compare Persian پنج, Northern Kurdish pênc, Ossetian фондз (fonʒ), Pashto پنځه (pindzə), Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca). Doublet of five, which was inherited from Proto-Germanic.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: penta- — five
  • Czech: pěti- — five
  • Finnish: viisi- — five
  • Finnish: penta- — five
  • French: penta- — five
  • German: penta- — five
  • Hindi: पंच- (pañc-) — five
  • Indonesian: lima- — five
  • Italian: penta- — five
  • Malay: panca- — five
  • Polish: penta- — five
  • Portuguese: penta- — five
  • Romanian: penta- — five
  • Spanish: penta- — five