tetra-
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[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-), combining form of τέτταρες (tettares) ‘four’.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtɛtɹə/
[edit] Prefix
tetra- (or before a vowel tetr-)
- Forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 665: [cf. -latry]
- Which is how Kit first heard about the T.W.I.T. back in London, and of the ghostly neo-Pythagorean cult of tetralatry or worship of the number four, currently the rage in certain European circles
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 665: [cf. -latry]
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Prefix
tetra- or before a vowel tetr-
- tetra-

