penta-

See also:penta

English

Alternative forms

• pent-(before a vowel)

Etymology

PIE word
*pénkʷe

Borrowed fromAncient Greekπέντε(pénte,“five”);ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*pénkʷe.ComparePersianپنج,Northern Kurdishpênc,Ossetianфондз(fonʒ),Pashtoپنځه(pindzə),Sanskritपञ्चन्(páñcan).Doublet offive,which was inherited from Proto-Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pɛntə-/,/pɛntæ-/

Prefix

Greeknumber prefix

5	Previous:	tessara- tetra-
	Next:	hexa-

penta-

1. five

   Synonym:quinque-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with penta-

Related terms

• pentacle
• pentagon
• pentagram
• pentahedron
• pentalogy
• pentameter
• pentaprism
• pentasyllabic
• Pentateuch
• pentathlete
• pentathlon
• pentatonic
• pentomino

Translations

five

• Catalan:penta-
• Czech:pěti-
• Finnish:viisi-,penta-(fi)
• French:penta-(fr)
• German:penta-(de)
• Hindi:पञ्च-(pañc-)
• Indonesian:lima-
• Italian:penta-
• Malay:panca-(ms)
• Polish:penta-
• Portuguese:penta-
• Romanian:penta-
• Spanish:penta-

See also

• Thesaurus:number

Anagrams

• paten

French

Etymology

FromAncient Greekπέντε(pénte,“five”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pɛ̃.ta/

Prefix

penta-

1. penta-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with penta-

Further reading

• “penta-”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed fromAncient Greekπέντε(pénte,“five”).

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

penta-

1. penta-

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with penta-

Italian

Alternative forms

• pent-

Etymology

BorrowedfromAncient Greekπεντα-(penta-),combining form ofπέντε(pénte,“five”).

Prefix

penta-

1. penta-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with penta-

• pentabromuro
• pentaciclico
• pentaeritrite
• pentano
• pentatonico

Related terms

• pentabraco
• pentacolo
• pentafillo
• pentagono
• pentapoli
• pentarca
• pentastoma
• Pentateuco
• pentathlon/pentatlon
• pentecontoro
• Pentecoste
• pentodo
• pentosio

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

BorrowedfromAncient Greekπεντα-(penta-),combining form ofπέντε(pénte,“five”).Doubletofcinco.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/pẽ.ta/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/pẽ.tɐ/

Prefix

penta-

1. penta-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with penta-

Spanish

Etymology

BorrowedfromAncient Greekπεντα-(penta-),combining form ofπέντε(pénte,“five”).

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

penta-

1. penta-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with penta-

Further reading

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