tera-

tera-

See also: tera, Tera, terá, terä, téra-, and tērā

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τέρας (téras, “monster”). Also from Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares, “four”), by analogy with tetra- for being the fourth order of 10³. Doublet of terato-.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ɹə/

Prefix

SI prefix

T	Previous:	giga-
	Next:	peta-

tera-

1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹² (short scale trillion or long scale billion). Symbol: T

Antonyms

• pico-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with tera-

• tebi-
• terabyte
• teraelectron volt
• teraflare
• teragram
• terahertz (abbrev.: THz)
• terameter
• terasecond
• tera win

 

Translations

SI prefix

Bulgarian: тера- (tera-) Chinese: Cantonese: 太- (taai3) Mandarin: 太- (zh) (tài-) (mainland China), 太拉- (tàilā-) (mainland China), 兆- (zh) (zhào) (Taiwan) Czech: tera- (cs) Dutch: tera- (nl) Finnish: tera- (fi) French: téra- (fr) Galician: tera- (gl) German: tera- (de) Greek: τερα- (tera-) Hungarian: tera- Ido: tera- Indonesian: tera- Japanese: テラ- (tera-) Korean: 테라 (tera-) Macedonian: тера- (mk) (tera-) Malay: tera- Portuguese: tera- (pt) Russian: тера- (ru) (tera-) Spanish: tera- (es)

Anagrams

• 'eart, Ater, Reta, aret, arte-, rate, tare, tear

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Czech

Prefix

tera-

1. tera-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with tera-

Further reading

• tera- in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• tera- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Prefix

tera-

1. tera-

Dutch terms prefixed with tera-

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English tera-), ultimately from Ancient Greek τέρας (téras).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈterɑ-/, [ˈt̪e̞rɑ-]

Prefix

tera-

1. tera-

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German

Prefix

tera-

1. tera-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with tera-

Further reading

• “tera-” in Duden online
• “tera-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Portuguese

Prefix

tera-

1. tera- (SI prefix indicating 10¹², a trillion)