geo-

See also: geo, Geo, GEO, geó, géo, Geo., and géo-

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Prefix

geo-

1. Earth

   Hypernym: planeto-

2. geography

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with geo-

• geo-block
• geo-blocking
• geocaching
• geocentric
• geocontent
• geode
• geodesic
• geodesy
• geofabric
• geofence
• geofencing
• geographer
• geographic
• geographical
• geography
• geo-imputation
• geologer
• geological
• geologist
• geology
• geomancy
• geomap
• geomembrane
• geometer
• geometric
• geometrical
• geometry
• geo-military
• geomorphology
• geophysics
• geopolitical
• geopolitics
• geopressure
• geospatial
• geostationary
• geotechnical
• geotextile
• geothermal
• geotropism

 

Translations

Earth

• Afrikaans: geo-
• Akan: gyeo-
• Albanian: gjeo-
• Aragonese: cheo-
• Asturian: xeo-
• Bashkir: гео- (geo-)
• Basque: geo-
• Belarusian: геа- (hjea-)
• Bulgarian: гео- (geo-)
• Catalan: geo- (ca)
• Corsican: geo-
• Czech: geo-
• Danish: geo-
• Dutch: geo- (nl)
• Esperanto: geo-
• Estonian: geo- (et)
• Finnish: geo- (fi)
• French: géo- (fr)
• Friulian: gjeo-
• Galician: xeo- (gl)
• Georgian: გეო- (geo-)
• German: geo- (de)
• Greek: γεω- (el) (geo-), γαιο- (el) (gaio-)
• Haitian Creole: jewo-
• Hebrew: גֵּאוֹ־ (he) (geo)
• Hungarian: geo- (hu)
• Ido: geo-
• Indonesian: geo-
• Interlingua: geo-
• Irish: geo-
• Italian: geo- (it)
• Kazakh: гео- (geo-)
• Kyrgyz: гео- (geo-)
• Latin: geo-
• Latvian: ģeo-
• Lithuanian: geo-
• Macedonian: гео- (geo-)
• Malay: geo- (ms)
• Maltese: ġeo-
• Norman: géo-
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: geo-

  Nynorsk: geo-

• Occitan: geo-
• Persian: ژئو (fa) (že'o-)
• Polish: geo- (pl)
• Portuguese: geo-
• Romanian: geo-

  Cyrillic: ӂео- (geo-)

• Russian: гео- (geo-)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гео-

  Roman: geo-

• Slovak: geo-
• Slovene: geo-
• Spanish: geo- (es)
• Swedish: geo- (sv)
• Tagalog: heo-
• Tajik: гео- (geo-)
• Turkmen: geo-
• Ukrainian: гео- (heo-)
• Uzbek: geo- (uz)
• Yiddish: געאָ־ (geo-)

See also

• helio- (the Sun), hermeo- (Mercury), cythero- (Venus), geo- (the Earth), seleno- (the Moon), areo- (Mars), zeno- (Jupiter), crono- (Saturn), urano- (Uranus), poseido- (Neptune), hadeo- (Pluto)

Anagrams

• EOG, GOE, Goe, ego, ego-, goe

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Prefix

geo-

1. geo-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with geo-

Further reading

• “geo-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “geo-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “geo-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “geo-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛo ]

Prefix

geo-

1. geo-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with geo-

Further reading

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

geo-

1. geo-

Dutch terms prefixed with geo-

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English geo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeo-/, [ˈɡe̞o̞-]

Prefix

geo-

1. geo-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with geo-

Anagrams

• ego

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeo/

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

geo-

1. geo- (global, pertaining to the Earth, pertaining to geography)

   ‎geo- + ‎Politik (“politics”) → ‎Geopolitik (“geopolitics”)

   ‎geo- + ‎Wissenschaften (“sciences”) → ‎Geowissenschaften (“geoscience”)

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with geo-

Further reading

• “geo-” in Duden online
• “geo-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch geo-, from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡeo̯]
• Hyphenation: géo

Prefix

géo

1. geo-:
   1. Earth.

      Synonyms: bumi, tanah

   2. geography.

Derived terms

Category Indonesian terms prefixed with geo- not found

Further reading

• “geo-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Prefix

geo-

1. geo- (Earth)

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with geo-

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛ.o/
• Hyphenation: gè‧o-

Prefix

geo-

1. geo-

Related terms

Italian terms prefixed with geo-

• geocarpo
• geofauna
• geoflora
• geofono
• geognosia
• geogonia
• geografotogrammetria
• geolunare
• geominerario
• geonemia
• geoscopio
• geosolare
• geostereoplastica
• geotassia
• geotessile
• geotritone

 

See also

• terra

Anagrams

• Ego, ego, ego-, goe

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γῆ (gê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛ.ɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɔ
• Syllabification: ge‧o

Prefix

geo-

1. geo-

   ‎geo- + ‎-logia → ‎geologia

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with geo-

Further reading

• geo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʒɛ.o/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌʒɛ.ɔ/

• Hyphenation: ge‧o-

Prefix

geo-

1. geo- (Earth)

   ‎geo- + ‎climático → ‎geoclimático

2. geo- (geography)

   ‎geo- + ‎política → ‎geopolítica

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with geo-

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeo/ [xe.o]
• Syllabification: ge‧o-

Prefix

geo-

1. geo-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with geo-

Further reading

• “geo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Prefix

geo-

1. geo-; pertaining to the Earth

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with geo-