periodo

See also: período

English

Etymology

per- +‎ iodo

Adjective

periodo (not comparable)

1. (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Describing a derivative in which all hydrogen atoms have been replaced by iodine

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian periodo, French période, English period, German Periode, Russian пери́од (períod), all from Medieval Latin periodus (“period, complete sentence”), from Ancient Greek περῐ́οδος (períodos, “flank march; circumference; periodic occurrence”). Compare Portuguese, Galician and Spanish período, Romanian perioadă.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [periˈodo]
• Rhymes: -odo
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧o‧do

Noun

periodo (accusative singular periodon, plural periodoj, accusative plural periodojn)

1. period of time

See also

• punkto (“period, full stop”)

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto periodo, English period, French période, German Periode, Italian periodo, Russian пери́од (períod), Spanish periodo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.riˈo.do/

Noun

periodo (plural periodi)

1. period (of time)

Derived terms

• periodala

See also

• epoko
• tempo

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Interlingua

Noun

periodo (plural periodos)

1. period (segment of time)

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, period of time, path around”), from περί- (perí-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈri.o.do/
• Rhymes: -iodo
• Hyphenation: pe‧rì‧o‧do

Noun

periodo m (plural periodi)

1. period, time, span, run
   1. (chemistry) period (in the periodic table)
   2. (physics) the time between successive peaks or troughs in a sinusoidal phenomenon
2. (astronomy) the time taken for a planet to orbit its star; year
3. moment
4. age, epoch (subdivision of an era)
5. season
6. (grammar) complex or compound sentence

   Synonym: frase complessa

Related terms

• periodicamente
• periodicità
• periodico
• periodizzare

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Latin

Noun

periodō

1. dative/ablative singular of periodus

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾjodo/ [peˈɾjo.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -odo
• Hyphenation: pe‧rio‧do

Noun

periodo m (plural periodos)

1. Alternative form of período

Further reading

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