zetta-

English

Etymology

Coined with Latin septem (“seven”) and Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ, “seven”) in mind, for the seventh order of 10³. The consonants pt are reduced to tt; the initial z was chosen instead of s to avoid confusion with s (“second”, symbol)

Pronunciation

• enPR: zĕt′ə-; IPA^(key): /ˈzɛt.ə-/
• Hyphenation: zet‧ta-

Prefix

SI prefix

Z	Previous:	exa-
	Next:	yotta-

zetta-

2. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10²¹ (a short scale sextillion or long scale trilliard).

   Alternative form: Z-

   Antonym: zepto-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with zetta-

zettaampere

zebi-

zettabit

zettabyte

zettaflop

zettagram

zettahertz

zettametre

zettaparsec

zettasecond

zettaton

Translations

10²¹

• Bulgarian: зета- (zeta-)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 澤- / 泽- (zaak⁶)

  Mandarin: 澤- / 泽- (zh) (zé-) (mainland China), 澤它- / 泽它- (zétā-) (mainland China), 皆- (zh) (jiē-) (Taiwan)

• Dutch: zetta- (nl)
• Finnish: tsetta- (fi)
• French: zetta- (fr)
• Galician: zetta- (gl)
• German: zetta- (de)
• Greek: ζεττα- (zetta-)
• Indonesian: zeta-
• Japanese: ゼタ-
• Korean: 제타- (jeta-)
• Malay: zeta-
• Russian: зетта- (ru) (zetta-)
• Spanish: zetta-
• Thai: เซตตะ- (sét-tà)
• Vietnamese: zê-ta

Dutch

Etymology

Coined with Latin septem (“seven”) and Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ, “seven”) in mind, for the seventh order of 10³. The consonants pt are reduced to tt; the initial z was chosen instead of s to avoid confusion with s (“second”, symbol)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.taː-/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: zet‧ta-

Prefix

zetta-

2. zetta- (10²¹)

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with zetta-

zettameter

French

Etymology

Coined with Latin septem (“seven”) and Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ, “seven”) in mind, for the seventh order of 10³. The consonants pt are reduced to tt; the initial z was chosen instead of s to avoid confusion with s (“second”, symbol)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛ.ta/ ~ /ze.ta/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: zet‧ta-

Prefix

zetta-

2. zetta- (10²¹)

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with zetta-

zettamètre