elektro-

See also: elektro

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛlɛktro ]

Prefix

elektro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with elektro-

Related terms

• dielektrický
• dielektrikum
• Elektra
• elektrárenský
• elektrárna
• elektrický
• elektrifikace
• elektrifikovat
• elektrika
• elektrikář
• elektrizace
• elektrizovat
• elektro
• elektroda
• elektron
• elektronický
• elektronika
• elektronka
• elektřina
• piezoelektrický
• piezoelektřina

 

Further reading

• “elektro-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• elektro- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Danish

Prefix

elektro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with elektro-

Dutch

Alternative forms

• electro- (superseded)

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin electrum (“amber; electrum”), from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber; electrum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeːˈlɛk.troː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: elek‧tro

Prefix

elektro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with elektro-

Descendants

• → Indonesian: elektro

Esperanto

Etymology

From elektro (“electricity”).

Prefix

elektro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

Esperanto terms prefixed with elektro-

• elektrodinamiko
• elektromagneto
• elektrometro
• elektromotoro
• elektromova
• elektropozitiva
• elektrotekniko
• elektroterapio

 

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English electro-), ultimately from Latin electrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelektro-/, [ˈe̞le̞kt̪ro̞-]

Prefix

elektro-

1. electro-

   Synonym: sähkö-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with elektro-

compounds

• elektroterapia

 

Further reading

• “elektro-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eˈlɛktʁo]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: elek‧tro-

Prefix

elektro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with elektro-

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin electrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”)^[1] (a natural resin, which - when rubbed - produces static electricity).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlɛktro]
• Hyphenation: elekt‧ro

Prefix

elektro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with elektro-

References

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

Ido

Etymology

From elektro (“electricity”).

Prefix

elektro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

Category Ido terms prefixed with elektro- not found

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).

Prefix

elektro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with elektro-

References

• “elektro-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).

Prefix

elektro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with elektro-

References

• “elektro-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.lɛk.trɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Prefix

elektro-

1. electro-

   ‎elektro- + ‎narzędzie → ‎elektronarzędzie

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with elektro-

See also

• galwano-

Further reading

• elektro- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Prefix

elektro- (Cyrillic spelling електро-)

1. electro-

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with elektro-

Swedish

Prefix

elektro-

1. electro- (pertaining to electricity)

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with elektro-