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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin nānus (“dwarf”), from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).
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nano-
- In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−9 (short scale billionth or long scale milliardth). Symbol: n
- Derived from the nanotechnology industry.
- nano- + biology → nanobiology
- (diminutive) Very small.
- nano- + particle → nanoparticle
- nano- + plankton → nanoplankton
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- (antonym(s) of "diminutive"): super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, giga-, -zilla, grand, great
- (antonym(s) of "10−9"): giga-
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Translations[edit]
10-9
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nanotechnology industry
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Further reading[edit]
- “nano-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Catalan[edit]
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nano-
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Further reading[edit]
- “nano-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech[edit]
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nano-
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Danish[edit]
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nano-
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- “nano-” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin nanus (“dwarf”), from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
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nano-
Estonian[edit]
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nano-
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Further reading[edit]
- “nano-”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Internationalism, ultimately from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).
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nano-
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Further reading[edit]
- “nano-”, 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 2023-07-01
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French[edit]
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Audio (file)
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nano-
- nano-
- Relating to garden gnomes
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Further reading[edit]
- “nano-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician[edit]
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nano-
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From
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Further reading[edit]
- “nano-” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German[edit]
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nano-
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Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin nānus (“dwarf”),[1] from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).
Pronunciation[edit]
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nano-
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References[edit]
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).
Prefix[edit]
nano-
Derived terms[edit]
- nanoarte
- nanocefalo
- nanocurie
- nanoelettronica
- nanofabbricazione
- nanofarad
- nanogrammo
- nanomeccanica
- nanomedicina
- nanomelia
- nanometro
- nanoparticella
- nanoscala
- nanosecondo
- nanotecnologia
- nanotubo
Further reading[edit]
- nano- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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Latvian[edit]
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nano-
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- nano- at tezaurs.lv
Polish[edit]
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nano-
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- nano- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
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nano-
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Romanian[edit]
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nano-
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- nano- in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Slovak[edit]
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nano-
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Further reading[edit]
- “nano-”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish[edit]
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nano-
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Further reading[edit]
- “nano-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
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nano-
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Turkish[edit]
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nano-
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Further reading[edit]
- “nano-”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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