prefix
Meaning 1
Four.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tessara-, quadri-
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tetra-
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtɛtɹə/
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kwétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-), combining form of Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), from τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”). Doublet of quadri-.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: tetra- — forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
- Finnish: tetra- — forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
- French: tétra- — forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
- Hindi: चतुर्- (catur-) — forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
- Hungarian: tetra- — forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
- Polish: tetra- — forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
- Portuguese: tetra- — forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
- Punjabi: چُ (cu) — forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’