electro-

See also: electro, électro, electró, and électro-

English

Etymology

From Latin electrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον ‎(ḗlektron, “amber”) (a natural resin, which — when rubbed — produces static electricity).

Prefix

electro-

1. electricity or electrical
2. (music) electronic and/or incorporating elements of electro(-funk)

Derived terms

► English words prefixed with electro-

Translations

meaning electricity or electrical

• Catalan: electro-
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電 (zh), 电 (zh) ‎(diàn)

• Dutch: electro-
• Finnish: elektro- (fi), sähkö-
• French: électro- (fr)
• German: Elektro-, elektro-
• Greek: ηλεκτρο- (el) ‎(ilektro-)
• Ido: elektro-
• Italian: elettro- (it)

• Japanese: 電 (ja) ‎(でん, den)
• Malay: elektro-
• Manx: lectro-
• Portuguese: eletro-
• Russian: электро- (ru) ‎(elektro-)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: електро-

  Roman: elektro-

• Spanish: electro- (es)

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Catalan

Prefix

electro-

1. electro-; combining form of elèctric

Derived terms

• Category:Catalan words prefixed with electro-

Related terms

• magneto-