bio-
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).
PrefixEdit
bio-
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
life
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.
- “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
DutchEdit
FinnishEdit
FrenchEdit
GalicianEdit
GermanEdit
PrefixEdit
bio-
- life
- organically produced, or otherwise environmentally friendly
Derived termsEdit
life
organically
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
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
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
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
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).
PrefixEdit
bio-
- bio- (indicates life)
Derived termsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
PrefixEdit
bio-