peta-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "peta"

English

Etymology

Based on penta- (“five”) (from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte)) with the middle letter removed, analogous to tera-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛtə/

Prefix

SI prefix

P	Previous:	tera-
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peta-

1. In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹⁵ (a short scale quadrillion or long scale billiard). Symbol: P

Antonyms

• femto-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with peta-

petabase

petabecquerel

pebi-

petabit

petabyte

petaflop

petagram

petahash

petahertz

petajoule

petakelvin

petaliter

petalitre

petameter

petaop

petaparsec

petapixel

petascale

petasecond

petaton

petawatt

petawatt-hour

• pebi-

Translations

SI prefix

• Bulgarian: пета- (bg) (peta-)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 拍- (yue) (paak³)

  Mandarin: 拍- (zh) (pāi-), 拍它- (pāitā-) (mainland China)

• Czech: peta- (cs)
• Danish: peta-
• Dutch: peta- (nl)
• Esperanto: peta-
• Finnish: peta- (fi)
• French: peta- (fr), péta- (fr)
• Galician: peta- (gl)
• German: peta- (de)
• Greek: πετα- (peta-)
• Hungarian: peta- (hu)
• Indonesian: peta-
• Japanese: ペタ (ja) (peta)
• Korean: 페타- (peta-)
• Malay: peta-
• Portuguese: peta- (pt)
• Russian: пета- (ru) (peta-)
• Spanish: peta- (es)
• Thai: เพตะ- (pee-dtà)
• Vietnamese: pê-ta

Anagrams

• Paet, Pate, Peat, epta-, pate, peat, pâté, tape, tepa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛta ]

Prefix

peta-

1. peta-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with peta-

petabajt

petabyte

petajoule

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Prefix

peta-

1. peta-

Dutch terms prefixed with peta-

peta-ampère

petameter

petaohm

petaseconde

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English peta-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpetɑ-/, [ˈpe̞t̪ɑ̝-]

Prefix

peta-

1. peta-

Further reading

• “peta-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• apet

French

Prefix

peta-

1. peta-

Portuguese

Prefix

peta-

1. peta- (SI prefix multiplying the unit by 10¹⁵)

Further reading

• “peta-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Based on penta- (“five”) (from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte)) with the middle letter removed, analogous to tera-.

Prefix

peta-

1. peta- (SI prefix multiplying the unit by 10¹⁵)

Further reading

• “peta-”, 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