tetra-
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- tetr- (before a vowel)
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From Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-), combining form of Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), from τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
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tetra-
- Four.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 665: [cf. -latry]
- Which is how Kit first heard about the T.W.I.T. back in London, and of the ghostly neo-Pythagorean cult of tetralatry or worship of the number four, currently the rage in certain European circles
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 665: [cf. -latry]
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forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
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Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
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tetra-
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- “tetra-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tetra-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “tetra-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tetra-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
- tetr- (before a vowel)
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
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tetra-
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Polish edit
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From Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-).
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tetra-
- tetra-
- tetra- + -logia → tetralogia
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- tetra- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
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tetra-
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Spanish edit
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tetra-
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- “tetra-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014