helio-

See also: helio, hélio, and Hélio

English

Etymology

Representing a combining form of Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”).

Pronunciation

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Prefix

helio-

1. Concerning the sun.

   Hypernym: astro-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with helio-

heliobacterium

heliobiology

heliocentric

heliocentrism

heliochemistry

heliochrome

heliochromy

helioelectric

helioflagellate

helioform

geoheliocentrism

heliogeomagnetics

heliogeophysical

heliogram

heliograph

heliographer

heliographic

heliography

heliodon

heliotypy

heliohydroelectric

heliolater

heliolatitude

heliolatry

heliolite

heliolithic

heliology

heliolongitude

heliomagnetic

heliomagnetism

melanoheliophobia

heliometer

heliometry

heliomicroscopy

heliomycin

helionaut

heliosis

heliopause

heliophile

heliophilia

heliophilic

heliophilous

heliophobe

heliophobia

heliophobic

photoheliometer

heliophysics

heliophyte

pyrheliometer

pyrheliometry

helioscope

helioseismic

helioseismological

helioseismologist

helioseismology

heliosheath

spectroheliokinematograph

heliosphere

heliosynchronous

heliotail

heliotaxis

heliotheism

heliotheist

heliotheistic

heliotherapeutic

heliotherapist

heliotherapy

heliotherm

heliothermic

heliothermy

heliotomography

heliotropism

heliotropy

heliotype

helioxerophyllous

Concerning the sun

• helioarkite
• heliocentric
• heliochrome
• heliochromic
• heliochromoscope
• heliochromotype
• heliochromy
• heliochryse
• heliocometes
• heliodaemonic
• heliodon
• heliodor
• helio-electric
• helio-engraving
• heliofugal
• heliogram
• heliograph
• heliographer
• heliographic
• heliography
• heliolater
• heliolatrous
• heliolatry
• heliolithic
• heliologist
• heliology
• heliophilous
• heliophobe
• heliophobia
• heliophobic
• heliophyllite
• heliopolar
• heliosis
• heliostat
• heliotactic
• heliotaxis
• heliotherapy
• heliotype
• heliozincography

Related terms

Concerning the sun

• Heliogabalus
• heliogravure
• helioid
• heliolite
• heliometer
• heliometric
• heliometry
• helion
• heliopore
• Helios
• helioscope
• heliosis
• heliostat
• heliothid
• heliotrope
• heliotroper
• heliotropic
• heliotropin
• heliotropism
• Heliozoa
• heliozoan
• helium

Translations

related to the sun

• Dutch: helio- (nl)
• French: hélio- (fr)
• Galician: helio- (gl)
• German: helio- (de)
• Hungarian: helio- (hu)
• Italian: elio- (it)
• Malay: helio- (ms)
• Polish: helio- (pl)
• Portuguese: helio- (pt)
• Romanian: helio- (ro)
• Russian: гелио- (ru) (gelio-)
• Spanish: helio- (es)
• Swedish: helio- (sv)
• Telugu: సౌర- (saura-)

See also

• helio- (the Sun), hermeo- (Mercury), geo- (the Earth), seleno- (the Moon), areo- (Mars), zeno- (Jupiter), crono- (Saturn), urano- (Uranus)

Anagrams

• Heloi, holei, holie

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛ.ljɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛljɔ
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Prefix

helio-

1. helio-

   ‎helio- + ‎-biont → ‎heliobiont

Derived terms

Category Polish terms prefixed with helio- not found

Further reading

• helio- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡλιο- (hēlio-), combining form of ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”).

Prefix

helio-

1. helio-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with helio-

heliocéntrico

heliocentrismo

Further reading

• “helio-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10