helio-

See also: helio, hélio, and Hélio

English

Etymology

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

Prefix

helio-

1. Concerning the sun.

   Hypernym: astro-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with helio-

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

Anagrams

• Heloi, holei, holie

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛ.ljɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛljɔ
• Syllabification: he‧lio

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-

Further reading

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