electro-

See also:electro,électro,electró,andélectro-

English

Etymology

Initially fromFrenchélectro-andLatinelectro-,ultimately fromelectrum,fromAncient Greekἤλεκτρον(ḗlektron,“amber”).Equivalent to and later based uponelectric,electricity,&c. +-o-.

Prefix

electro-

1. Combining formofelectricity.
2. Combining formofelectricandelectrical.
3. Combining formofelectronic.

Synonyms

• galvano-(dated or specific applications)

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with electro-

Translations

of electricity or electrical

• Arabic:كَهْرُو-(kahrū-)
• Armenian:էլեկտրա-(ēlektra-)
• Belarusian:электра-(eljektra-)
• Catalan:electro-
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Điện／Điện(zh)(diàn)

• Czech:elektro-
• Danish:elektro-
• Dutch:elektro-(nl)
• Finnish:elektro-(fi),sähkö-
• French:électro-(fr)
• Galician:electro-(gl)
• Georgian:ელექტრო-(elekṭro-)
• German:Elektro-(de),elektro-(de)
• Greek:ηλεκτρο-(el)(ilektro-)
• Icelandic:raf-(is)
• Ido:elektro-
• Irish:leictri-
• Italian:elettro-(it)
• Japanese:Điện(ja)(でん, den)
• Malay:elektro-(ms)
• Manx:lectro-
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:elektro-

  Nynorsk:elektro-

• Polish:elektro-(pl),galwano-
• Portuguese:eletro-
• Russian:электро-(ru)(elektro-)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:електро-

  Roman:elektro-

• Spanish:electro-(es)
• Swedish:elektro-(sv),el-(sv)
• Tagalog:elektro-,dagi-(neologism)

Anagrams

• Elector,corelet,elector

Catalan

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinelectrum,fromAncient Greekἤλεκτρον(ḗlektron,“amber”)(a natural resin, which — when rubbed — produces static electricity).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central)[əˌlɛk.tɾu]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic)[əˌlɛk.tɾo]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[eˌlɛk.tɾo]

Prefix

electro-

1. electro-;combining formofelèctric

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with electro-

See also

• magneto-

Further reading

• “electro-”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˌeːˈlɛk.troː/

Prefix

electro-

1. Superseded spellingofelektro-.

Galician

Prefix

electro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

From

Galician terms prefixed with electro-

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Further reading

• “electro-”,inDicionario da Real Academia Galega(in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy,2012–2024

Portuguese

Prefix

electro-

1. Pre-reform spelling(until Brazil 1943/Portugal1990) ofeletro-.Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with electro-

Spanish

Prefix

electro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with electro-

Further reading

• “electro-”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition,Royal Spanish Academy,2014 October 16