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penta-

See also: penta

English edit

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Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): /pɛntə-/, /pɛntæ-/

Prefix edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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penta-

  1. penta-

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French terms prefixed with penta-

Further reading edit

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Prefix edit

penta-

  1. penta-

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Hungarian nouns prefixed with penta-

References edit

  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 edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Prefix edit

penta-

  1. penta-

Derived terms edit

Italian terms prefixed with penta-

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

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

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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penta-

  1. penta-

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Portuguese terms prefixed with penta-

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Prefix edit

penta-

  1. penta-

Derived terms edit

Spanish terms prefixed with penta-

Further reading edit

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