electro-

electro-

See also: electro, électro, electró, and électro-

English

Etymology

Initially from French électro- and Latin electro-, ultimately from electrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”). Equivalent to and later based upon electric, electricity, &c. + -o-.

Prefix

electro-

1. combining form of electricity.
2. combining form of electric and electrical.
3. combining form of electronic.

Synonyms

• galvano- (dated or specific applications)

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with electro-

Translations

of electricity or electrical

Arabic: كَهْرُو-‎ (kahrū-) Armenian: էլեկտրա- (ēlektra-) Catalan: electro- Chinese: Mandarin: 電／电 (zh) (diàn) Czech: elektro- Danish: elektro- Dutch: elektro- (nl) Finnish: elektro- (fi), sähkö- French: électro- (fr) Galician: electro- (gl) Georgian: ელექტრო- (elekṭro-) German: Elektro-, elektro- Greek: ηλεκτρο- (el) (ilektro-) Icelandic: raf- (is) Ido: elektro- Irish: leictri- Italian: elettro- (it) Japanese: 電 (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)

Anagrams

• Elector, corelet, elector

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əˈlɛk.tɾo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əˈlɛk.tɾu/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /eˈlɛk.tɾo/

Prefix

electro-

1. electro-; combining form of elèctric

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with electro-

See also

• magneto-

Further reading

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeːˈlɛk.troː/

Prefix

electro-

1. Superseded spelling of elektro-.

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Galician

Prefix

electro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

Galician terms prefixed with electro-

Further reading

• “electro-” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Portuguese

Prefix

electro-

1. Superseded spelling of eletro-. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with electro-

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Spanish

Prefix

electro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with electro-

Further reading

• “electro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014