femto-

English

Etymology

From Danish femten (“fifteen”), and the previous name of the femtometre, the fermi.

Prefix

SI prefix

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femto-

1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻¹⁵ (short scale quadrillionth or long scale billiardth). Symbol: f.

   Antonym: peta-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with femto-

Translations

prefix

• Bulgarian: фемто- (femto-)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飞- (fēi-)

• Czech: femto-
• Danish: femto-
• Finnish: femto- (fi)
• French: femto- (fr)
• Galician: femto- (gl)
• Hungarian: femto- (hu)
• Icelandic: femtó-
• Indonesian: femto-
• Japanese: フェムト (ja) (femuto)
• Malay: femto-
• Polish: femto- (pl)
• Swedish: femto- (sv)
• Thai: เฟมโต- (feem-to-)

Czech

Prefix

femto-

1. femto- (SI prefix for 10^-15)

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with femto-

Further reading

• femto- in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Danish

Etymology

Created in 1962, by the Danish physicist Henning Højgaard Jensen (1918–2001), from the number femten (“fifteen”).

Prefix

femto-

1. femto- (SI prefix for 10^-15)

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English femto-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfemto-/, [ˈfe̞mt̪o̞-]

Prefix

femto-

1. femto-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with femto-

Further reading

• “femto-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Prefix

femto-

1. femto-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with femto-

Indonesian

Etymology

From English femto-, from Danish femten (“fifteen”), and the previous name of the femtometre, the fermi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛmto]
• Hyphenation: fém‧to

Prefix

fémto

1. femto-: in the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−15. Symbol: f.

Derived terms

Category Indonesian terms prefixed with femto- not found

Further reading

• “femto-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Prefix

femto-

1. femto-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with femto-

Polish

Etymology

From Danish femten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛm.tɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛmtɔ
• Syllabification: fem‧to

Prefix

femto-

1. femto-

   ‎femto- + ‎metr → ‎femtometr

Derived terms

Category Polish terms prefixed with femto- not found

Further reading

• femto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Prefix

femto-

1. femto-