Wiktionary

bio-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bio"

English edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. life
    Antonym: thanato-
  2. organic life
  3. biological
    biochild; biodad; biofamily; biofather; biokid; biomom; biomother; bioparent; biosib; biosibling; bioson

Derived terms edit

English terms prefixed with bio-

Related terms edit

Translations edit

See also edit

  • (animal life in particular): zoo-

Anagrams edit

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

Pronunciation edit

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio-

Derived terms edit

Catalan terms prefixed with bio-

Further reading edit

Czech edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

Pronunciation edit

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio-

Derived terms edit

Czech terms prefixed with bio-

Further reading edit

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

Danish edit

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio- (concerning or associated with life)

Derived terms edit

Danish terms prefixed with bio-

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.oː/
  • Audio(file)

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. (pertaining to) life

Derived terms edit

Dutch terms prefixed with bio-

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbio]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: bi‧o

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio-
    ‎bio- + ‎genezo (“genesis”) → ‎biogenezo (“biogenesis”)
    ‎bio- + ‎kemio (“chemistry”) → ‎biokemio (“biochemistry”)
    ‎bio- + ‎diverseco (“diversity”) → ‎biodiverseco (“biodiversity”)
    ‎bio- + ‎industrio (“industry”) → ‎bioindustrio (“bioindustry”)
    ‎bio- + ‎maso (“mass”) → ‎biomaso (“biomass”)
    ‎bio- + ‎sintezo (“synthesis”) → ‎biosintezo (“biosynthesis”)
    ‎bio- + ‎tekniko (“technique”) → ‎biotekniko (“biotechnique”)

Derived terms edit

Esperanto terms prefixed with bio-

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

Internationalism (see English bio-), ultimately from Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbio-/, [ˈbio̞-]

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio-

Derived terms edit

Finnish terms prefixed with bio-

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. life

Derived terms edit

French terms prefixed with bio-

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Further reading edit

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio-

Derived terms edit

From

Galician terms prefixed with bio-

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German edit

Pronunciation edit

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. life
  2. organically produced, or otherwise environmentally friendly

Derived terms edit

German terms prefixed with bio-
life
organically

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Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. (noun prefix) bio- (pertaining to life)

Derived terms edit

Hungarian nouns prefixed with bio-

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References edit

  1. ^ 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

Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English bio-, French bio-, German bio-, Italian bio-, Spanish bio-, Portuguese bio-, French bio-, Portuguese bio-, English bio-, Russian био- (bio-), all ultimately from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

Pronunciation edit

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. (neologism) bio-
    ‎bio- + ‎kemio (“chemistry”) → ‎biokemio (“biochemistry”)

Derived terms edit

Ido terms prefixed with bio-

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio-: (organic) life.

Derived terms edit

Indonesian terms prefixed with bio-

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Irish edit

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. Alternative form of bith-, used before a broad T.

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bio- bhio- mbio-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio- (life)

Derived terms edit

Italian terms prefixed with bio-

See also edit

Anagrams edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”), either from *gʷih₃wós (“alive, living”), with the suffix *-wós, or from βίοτος (bíotos, “life”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ or *gʷih₃-etos (“life”), both from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio-

References edit

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with bio-

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio-

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with bio-

Polish edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

Pronunciation edit

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio-
    ‎bio- + ‎geografia → ‎biogeografia

Derived terms edit

Polish terms prefixed with bio-

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • bio- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos). Doublet of zoo-.

Pronunciation edit

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio- (indicates life)

Derived terms edit

Portuguese terms prefixed with bio-

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio-

Derived terms edit

Spanish terms prefixed with bio-

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

Swedish edit

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio-; pertaining to life

Derived terms edit

Swedish terms prefixed with bio-

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From English bio-.

Pronunciation edit

Prefix edit

bio-

  1. bio-
    ‎bio- + ‎amrywiaeth (“variety, diversity”) → ‎bioamrywiaeth (“biodiversity”)
    ‎bio- + ‎cemeg (“chemistry”) → ‎biocemeg (“biochemistry”)
    ‎bio- + ‎diraddio (“to degrade”) → ‎bioddiraddio (“to biodegrade”)
    ‎bio- + ‎-leg (“-logy”) → ‎bioleg (“biology”)

Derived terms edit

Welsh terms prefixed with bio-

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bio- fio- mio- unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bio-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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