hecto-

See also: hecto

English

Alternative forms

• hect- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From French, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”).

Prefix

SI prefix

h	Previous:	deca-
	Next:	kilo-

hecto-

1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 100. Symbol: h

Usage notes

This prefix is not used in official scientific contexts. For example, "1 hm" (one hectometre) is written instead as either "100 m" or "0.1 km".

Derived terms

► English words prefixed with hecto-

Translations

hundred

• Bulgarian: хекто- (hekto-)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 百- (zh) (bǎi)

• Czech: hekto- (cs)
• Danish: hekto-
• Dutch: hecto- (nl)
• Esperanto: hekto-
• Finnish: hehto- (fi)
• French: hecto- (fr)
• Galician: hecto- (gl)
• German: hekto- (de)
• Greek: εκατό- (ekató-), εκατο- (ekato-)
• Hindi: शत- (śat-)
• Hungarian: hekto- (hu)
• Icelandic: hektó-

• Indonesian: hekto-
• Italian: etto-
• Japanese: ヘクト- (hekuto)
• Korean: 헥토- (hekto-)
• Malay: hekto-
• Marathi: शत- (śat-)
• Nepali: शत- (śat-)
• Polish: hekto- (pl)
• Portuguese: hecto- (pt)
• Russian: гекто- (ru) (gekto-)
• Slovak: hekto-
• Slovene: hekto-
• Spanish: hecto- (es)
• Swedish: hekto- (sv)

See also

• centi-

Further reading

• hecto- at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• cothe

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Dutch

Etymology

From French hecto-, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

hecto-

1. hecto-

► Dutch words prefixed with hecto-

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

hecto-

1. hecto-

Derived terms

► French words prefixed with hecto-

Further reading

• “hecto-” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Portuguese

Prefix

hecto-

1. hecto- (hundred)

Derived terms

► Portuguese words prefixed with hecto-

Further reading

• hectolitro in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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Romanian

Prefix

hecto-

1. hecto-

Derived terms

► Romanian words prefixed with hecto-

Further reading

• hectolitru in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Spanish

Prefix

hecto-

1. hecto-

Derived terms

► Spanish words prefixed with hecto-

Further reading

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