hydro-

See also: hydro

English

Alternative forms

• hydr- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /haɪdɹoʊ-/

Prefix

hydro-

1. water
2. (chemistry) hydrogen
3. (mineralogy) a hydrous compound
4. (zoology) Hydrozoa

Hypernyms

• lyo-

Derived terms

► English words prefixed with hydro-

terms derived from hydro- relating to water

• hydrate
• hydrodynamics

• hydroelectric
• hydrofoil

terms derived from hydro- and hydr- in chemistry

• hydracid
• hydracrylate
• hydracrylic acid
• hydrazino-
• hydramide
• hydramine
• hydrase
• hydrazide
• hydrazine
• hydriodic
• hydroiodic
• hydro-aromatic
• hydrobenzoin
• hydroborate
• hydroboration
• hydrobromic
• hydrobromide

• hydrocarbon
• hydrocarbonate
• hydrochloric
• hydrochloride
• hydrocinchonine
• hydrocellulose
• hydrocortisone
• hydrocracking
• hydrocyanic
• hydrocyanite
• hydrodealkylation
• hydrodesulfurization
• hydrohydrodesulphurisation
• hydrohydrodesulphurization
• hydroferricyanate
• hydroferridcyanate
• hydroferricyanic

• hydroferridcyanic
• hydroferrocyanate
• hydroferrocyanic
• hydroflumethiazide
• hydrofluoboric
• hydrofluoric
• hydrofluoride
• hydrofluosilicic acid
• hydroformate
• hydroformer
• hydroforming
• hydrogasification
• hydrohalic acid
• hydroiodic acid
• hydrol
• hydronitric acid

• hydropotassic
• hydroselenate
• hydroselenic
• hydroselenuret
• hydrosodic
• hydrosulfurization
• hydrosulphurisation
• hydrosulphurization
• hydrosulfurize
• hydrosulphurise
• hydrosulphurize
• hydrotelluric
• hydroxide
• hydroxonium
• hydrurilate
• hydrurilic

terms derived from hydro- and hydr- in mineralogy

terms derived from hydro- and hydr- in zoology

• Hydra

• Hydrozoa

Related terms

• (chemistry): hydroborane, hydroxo-
• (zoology): Hydra, Hydrozoa

Translations

pertaining to water

• Asturian: hidro-
• Catalan: hidro-
• Czech: hydro-, vodo- (cs)
• Danish: hydro- (da)
• Finnish: hydro- (fi)
• French: hydro- (fr)
• Galician: hidro- (gl)
• Georgian: ჰიდრო- (hidro-), წყალ- (c̣q̇al-)
• German: hydro- (de), wasser-

• Greek: υδρο- (el) (ydro-)
• Hindi: जल- (jal-), उद- (ud-)
• Italian: idro- (it)
• Portuguese: hidro-
• Russian: гидро- (ru) (gidro-), водо- (vodo-)
• Spanish: hidro- (es)

Anagrams

• Rhody

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Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɪdro]

Prefix

hydro-

1. hydro- (pertaining to water)

Derived terms

► Czech words prefixed with hydro-

Related terms

Related terms →

• dehydratace
• dehydratovat
• hydra
• hydrant
• hydrát
• hydratace
• hydratovat
• hydraulický
• hydraulika

Further reading

• hydro- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• hydro- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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Danish

Prefix

hydro-

1. hydro- (pertaining to water)

Derived terms

► Danish words prefixed with hydro-

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Finnish

Prefix

hydro-

1. hydro-

Derived terms

► Finnish words prefixed with hydro-

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French

Alternative forms

• hydr- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”)

Prefix

hydro-

1. hydro-

Derived terms

► French words prefixed with hydro-

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Polish

Prefix

hydro-

1. hydro-

Derived terms

► Polish words prefixed with hydro-

Further reading

• hydro- in Polish dictionaries at PWN