penta-
See also: penta
English
    
    Alternative forms
    
- pent- (before a vowel)
 
Etymology
    
| 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
    
- IPA(key): /pɛntə-/, /pɛntæ-/
 
Derived terms
    
  English terms prefixed with penta-
Related terms
    
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Anagrams
    
French
    
    Etymology
    
From Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /pɛ̃.ta/
 
Derived terms
    
  French terms prefixed with penta-
Further reading
    
- “penta-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
 
Hungarian
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”).[1]
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ˈpɛntɒ]
 - Hyphenation: pen‧ta
 
Derived terms
    
  Hungarian nouns prefixed with penta-
References
    
- 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
    
    Alternative forms
    
Etymology
    
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”).
Derived terms
    
  Italian terms prefixed with penta-
- pentabromuro
 - pentaciclico
 - pentaeritrite
 - pentano
 - pentatonico
 
Related terms
    
Portuguese
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”). Doublet of cinco.
Derived terms
    
  Portuguese terms prefixed with penta-
Spanish
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /penta/ [pẽn̪.t̪a]
 - Syllabification: pen‧ta-
 
Derived terms
    
  Spanish terms prefixed with penta-
Further reading
    
- “penta-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
 
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