bio-
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).
PrefixEdit
bio-
- life
- Antonym: thanato-
- organic life
- biological
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
See alsoEdit
- (animal life in particular): zoo-
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).
PrefixEdit
bio-
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “bio-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bio-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “bio-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bio-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
bio-
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- bio- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- bio- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
DanishEdit
PrefixEdit
bio-
Derived termsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
bio-
- (pertaining to) life
Derived termsEdit
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
bio-
- 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 termsEdit
FinnishEdit
PrefixEdit
bio-
Derived termsEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
PrefixEdit
bio-
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “bio-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).
PrefixEdit
bio-
Derived termsEdit
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
PrefixEdit
bio-
- life
- organically produced, or otherwise environmentally friendly
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
bio-
- (noun prefix) life
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
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).
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
bio-
Derived termsEdit
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).
PrefixEdit
bio-
- bio-: (organic) life.
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “bio-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
IrishEdit
PrefixEdit
bio-
- Alternative form of bith-, used before a broad T.
MutationEdit
| 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 readingEdit
- "biot-" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).
PrefixEdit
bio-
- bio- (life)
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PrefixEdit
bio-
ReferencesEdit
- “bio-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
PrefixEdit
bio-
ReferencesEdit
- “bio-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
bio-
- bio-
- bio- + geografia → biogeografia
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- bio- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bio- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).
PrefixEdit
bio-
- bio- (indicates life)
Derived termsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
PrefixEdit
bio-
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “bio-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
PrefixEdit
bio-
- bio-; pertaining to life
Derived termsEdit
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
bio-
- bio-
- bio- + diraddio (“to degrade”) → bioddiraddio (“to biodegrade”)
- bio- + amrywiaeth (“variety, diversity”) → bioamrywiaeth (“biodiversity”)
- bio- + cemeg (“chemistry”) → biocemeg (“biochemistry”)
Derived termsEdit
MutationEdit
| 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. | |||
ReferencesEdit
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