-scope

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopeo, “examine, inspect, look to or into, consider”).

Suffix

-scope

1. Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.

Derived terms

Terms derived from -scope

bioscope bronchoscope chronoscope colonoscope coloscope colposcope cryoscope cystoscope electroscope endoscope epidiascope fetoscope fiberscope fluoroscope

galvanoscope gastroscope gyroscope hagioscope horoscope hydroscope hygroscope iconoscope kaleidoscope kinescope laparoscope laryngoscope microscope ophthalmoscope oscilloscope

otoscope periscope pharyngoscope phonoscope photomicroscope polariscope proctoscope radarscope resectoscope retinoscope riflescope roentgenoscope seismoscope sigmoidoscope skiascope

spectrohelioscope spectroscope spinthariscope statoscope stereomicroscope stereoscope stethoscope stroboscope tachistoscope telescope telestereoscope telethermoscope ultramicroscope urethroscope zymoscope

Related terms

• -scopy

Translations

suffix to name viewing instruments

• Asturian: -scopiu (ast) m
• Catalan: -scopi (ca) m
• Czech: -skop (cs)
• Finnish: -skooppi (fi)
• French: -scope (fr)
• Galician: -scopio (gl) m
• German: -skop (de) m
• Greek: -σκοπιο (el) (-skopio)

• Italian: -scopio (it) m
• Polish: -skop (pl) m
• Russian: -скоп (ru) (-skóp) m
• Serbo-Croatian: -skop (sh) m
• Spanish: -scopio (es) m
• Swedish: -skop (sv) n
• Turkish: -skop (tr)

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French

Etymology

Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopeo, “examine, inspect, look to or into, consider”).

Suffix

-scope

1. -scope

Derived terms

• Category:French words suffixed with -scope