hexa-

hexa-

See also: hexa

English

Alternative forms

• hex- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”).

Prefix

Greek number prefix

6	Previous:	penta-
	Next:	hepta-

hexa-

1. six

Synonyms

• sex-, sexa-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with hexa-

Translations

prefix for 6

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Estonian: heksa- Finnish: heksa- (fi) French: hexa- (fr) Galician: hexa- Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: hexa- (de) Hindi: षट्- (ṣaṭ-), छ- (cha-) Hungarian: hexa- Indonesian: heksa- Italian: esa- (it) Latin: hexa- Polish: heksa-, heks- Portuguese: hexa- (pt) Romanian: hexa- (ro), exa- (ro) Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Thesaurus:number

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French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.za/

Prefix

hexa-

1. hexa-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with hexa-

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛksɒ]
• Hyphenation: he‧xa

Prefix

hexa-

1. hexa- (forming compound words with the sense of "six")

Derived terms

Hungarian adjectives prefixed with hexa-

References

1. 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

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, “six”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hek.sa/, [hɛks̠ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.sa/, [eɡzä]

Prefix

hexa-

1. hexa-

Descendants

• Italian: esa-