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)
• Turkish: hekto-

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

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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.