penta-
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See also: penta
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- pent- (before a vowel)
Etymology[edit]
| PIE word |
|---|
| *pénkʷe |
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Persian پنج, Northern Kurdish pênc, Ossetian фондз (fonʒ), Pashto پنځه (pindzə), Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan).Doublet of five, which was inherited from Proto-Germanic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
| 5 | Previous: | tessara- tetra- |
|---|---|---|
| Next: | hexa- |
penta-
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
five
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
penta-
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “penta-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
penta-
Derived terms[edit]
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]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”).
Prefix[edit]
penta-
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- penta- in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- pènta- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- penta- in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
penta-
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “penta-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *pénkʷe
- English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English prefixes
- en:Five
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French prefixes
- fr:Five
- Hungarian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Hungarian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian prefixes
- Italian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian lemmas
- Italian prefixes
- Spanish terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish prefixes