Wiktionary

bio-

See also: bio, Bio, bio., -bio, Bio., bíó, and Appendix:Variations of "bio"

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. life
    Antonym: thanato-
  2. organic life

Derived termsEdit

English words prefixed with bio-

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

  • (animal life in particular): zoo-

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. bio-

Derived termsEdit

Catalan words prefixed with bio-

Further readingEdit

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. bio-

Derived termsEdit

Czech words prefixed with bio-

Further readingEdit

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

DanishEdit

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. bio- (concerning or associated with life)

Derived termsEdit

Danish words prefixed with bio-

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

bio-

  1. (pertaining to) life

Derived termsEdit

Dutch words prefixed with bio-

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

PrefixEdit

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 termsEdit

Esperanto words prefixed with bio-

FinnishEdit

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. bio-

Derived termsEdit

Finnish words prefixed with bio-

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. life

Derived termsEdit

French words prefixed with bio-

See alsoEdit

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. bio-

Derived termsEdit

Galician words prefixed with bio-

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

bio-

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

Derived termsEdit

German words prefixed with bio-
life
organically

See alsoEdit

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. (noun prefix) life

Derived termsEdit

Hungarian nouns prefixed with bio-

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  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

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-

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

Derived termsEdit

Ido words prefixed with bio-

IrishEdit

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. 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

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. bio- (life)

Derived termsEdit

Italian words prefixed with bio-

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-

  1. bio-

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian Bokmål words prefixed with bio-

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. bio-

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian Nynorsk words prefixed with bio-

PolishEdit

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. bio-

Derived termsEdit

Polish words prefixed with bio-

Further readingEdit

  • bio- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. bio- (indicates life)

Derived termsEdit

Portuguese words prefixed with bio-

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. bio-

Derived termsEdit

Spanish words prefixed with bio-

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

SwedishEdit

PrefixEdit

bio-

  1. bio-; pertaining to life

Derived termsEdit

Swedish words prefixed with bio-

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English bio-.

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

bio-

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

Derived termsEdit

Category Welsh words prefixed with bio- not found

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

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