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penta-

See also: penta

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Etymology

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PIE word
*pénkʷe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Persian پنج, Northern Kurdish pênc, Ossetian фондз (fonʒ), Pashto پنځه (pindzə), Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan). Doublet of five, which was inherited from Proto-Germanic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɛntə-/, /pɛntæ-/

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Greek number prefix
5 Previous: tessara-
tetra-
Next: hexa-

penta-

  1. five
    Synonym: quinque-

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English terms prefixed with penta-
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French

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”).

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penta-

  1. penta-

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛntɒ]
  • Hyphenation: pen‧ta

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penta-

  1. penta-

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Hungarian nouns prefixed with penta-

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”).

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penta-

  1. penta-

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Further reading

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  • penta- in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • pènta- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • penta- in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”). Doublet of cinco.

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penta-

  1. penta-

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /penta/ [pẽn̪.t̪a]
  • Syllabification: pen‧ta-

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penta-

  1. penta-

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