geo-
English
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From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”). By surface analysis, ge- (“earth”) + -o-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiː.əʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.oʊ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiː.əʉ/
- Rhymes: -iəʊ
Prefix
[edit]geo-
Derived terms
[edit]- geo-adapting
- geo-block
- geo-blocking
- geocaching
- geocentric
- geo-cloning
- geocontent
- geode
- geodesic
- geodesy
- geofabric
- geofence
- geofencing
- geographer
- geographic
- geographical
- geography
- geo-imputation
- geologer
- geological
- geologist
- geology
- geomancy
- geomap
- geomembrane
- geometer
- geometric
- geometrical
- geometry
- geo-military
- geomorphology
- geophysics
- geopolitical
- geopolitics
- geopressure
- geospatial
- geostationary
- geotechnical
- geotextile
- geothermal
- geotropism
Translations
[edit]Earth
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See also
[edit]- helio- (the Sun), hermeo- (Mercury), geo- (the Earth), seleno- (the Moon), areo- (Mars), zeno- (Jupiter), crono- (Saturn), urano- (Uranus)
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Prefix
[edit]geo-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “geo-”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “geo-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “geo-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “geo-”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]geo-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “geo-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- geo- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Prefix
[edit]geo-
Derived terms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English geo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]geo-
- (usually in loanwords) geo-
Derived terms
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[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]geo-
- geo- (global, pertaining to the Earth, pertaining to geography)
- geo- + Politik (“politics”) → Geopolitik (“geopolitics”)
- geo- + Wissenschaften (“sciences”) → Geowissenschaften (“geoscience”)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]geo-
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN
Indonesian
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[edit]From Dutch geo-, from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]géo
Derived terms
[edit]Category Indonesian terms prefixed with geo- not found
Further reading
[edit]- “geo-”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Prefix
[edit]geo-
- geo- (Earth)
Derived terms
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]geo-
Related terms
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[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]geo-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- geo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: ge‧o-
Prefix
[edit]geo-
- geo- (Earth)
- geo- + climático → geoclimático
- geo- (geography)
- geo- + política → geopolítica
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “geo-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “geo-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]geo-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “geo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Prefix
[edit]geo-
- geo-; pertaining to the Earth
Derived terms
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- English terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
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- Rhymes:English/iəʊ
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