hecto-

hecto-

See also: hecto

English

Alternative forms

• hect- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From French hecto-, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”).

Prefix

SI prefix

h	Previous:	deca-
	Next:	kilo-

hecto-

1. hundred
2. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 100. Symbol: h

Usage notes

Usually this prefix for "× 10²" is intentionally not used in scientific contexts, in favor of either "× 10¹" or "× 10³" instead. For example, "1 hm" (one hectometre) will usually be written instead as either "100 m" or "0.1 km". This fact is directly related to the preference for engineering notation as a subset of scientific notation that is especially useful mathematically. It favors groups of cubes (× 10³).

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with hecto-

Translations

hundred

Belarusian: гекта- (hjekta-) Bulgarian: хекто- (hekto-) Chinese: Mandarin: (please verify) 百- (zh) (bǎi) Czech: hekto- (cs) Danish: hekto- Dutch: hecto- (nl) Esperanto: hekto- Finnish: hehto- (fi) French: hecto- (fr) Galician: hecto- (gl) German: hekto- (de) Greek: εκατό- (ekató-), εκατο- (ekato-) Hindi: शत- (śat-) Hungarian: hekto- (hu) Icelandic: hektó- Indonesian: hekto- Italian: etto- Japanese: ヘクト- (hekuto) Korean: 헥토 (hekto-) Malay: hekto- Marathi: शत- (śat-) Nepali: शत- (śat-) Polish: hekto- (pl) Portuguese: hecto- (pt) Russian: гекто- (ru) (gekto-) Slovak: hekto- Slovene: hekto- Spanish: hecto- (es) Swedish: hekto- (sv) Turkish: hekto-

See also

• centi-

Further reading

• hecto- at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• cothe

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Dutch

Etymology

From French hecto-, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”).

Pronunciation

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Prefix

hecto-

1. hecto-

Dutch terms prefixed with hecto-

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

hecto-

1. hecto-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with hecto-

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Prefix

hecto-

1. hecto- (hundred)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with hecto-

Further reading

• “hectolitro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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Romanian

Prefix

hecto-

1. hecto-

Derived terms

Romanian terms prefixed with hecto-

Further reading

• hectolitru in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Spanish

Prefix

hecto-

1. hecto-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with hecto-

Further reading

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