bio-

bio-

See also: bio, Bio, bio., -bio, Bio., bíó, and Appendix:Variations of "bio"

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

Prefix

bio-

1. life

   Antonym: thanato-

2. organic life
3. biological

   biochild; biodad; biofamily; biofather; biokid; biomom; biomother; bioparent; biosib; biosibling; bioson

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with bio-

• abiotic
• antibiotic
• probiotic
• symbiosis

 

Related terms

• biota

 

Translations

life

Afrikaans: bio- Arabic: حَيَوِيّ‎ m (ḥayawiyy) Armenian: կենս- (kens-) Catalan: bio- (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 生物 (zh) (shēngwù), 生命 (zh) (shēngmìng) Czech: bio- Dutch: bio- (nl) Finnish: bio- (fi) French: bio- (fr) Galician: bio- (gl) German: bio- (de) Greek: βιο- (el) (vio-) Hungarian: bio- (hu) Ido: bio- Indonesian: bio- Irish: bith- Italian: bio- (it) Japanese: 生- (sei-), 生物- (seibutsu-) Norwegian: bio- Persian: زیست‎ (fa) (zist-) Polish: bio- (pl) Portuguese: bio- (pt) Russian: био- (ru) (bio-) Spanish: bio- (es) Swedish: bio- (sv) Thai: ชีว- (th) (chiiu-) Yiddish: ביאָ־‎ (byo-)

See also

• (animal life in particular): zoo-

Anagrams

• BOI, Boi, IBO, IOB, Ibo, boi, obi

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Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

Prefix

bio-

1. bio-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with bio-

Further reading

• “bio-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bio-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “bio-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bio-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪo]

Prefix

bio-

1. bio-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with bio-

Further reading

• bio- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• bio- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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Danish

Prefix

bio-

1. bio- (concerning or associated with life)

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with bio-

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.oː/

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

bio-

1. (pertaining to) life

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with bio-

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbio]
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: bi‧o

Prefix

bio-

1. bio-

   ‎bio- + ‎genezo (“genesis”) → ‎biogenezo (“biogenesis”)

   ‎bio- + ‎kemio (“chemistry”) → ‎biokemio (“biochemistry”)

   ‎bio- + ‎diverseco (“diversity”) → ‎biodiverseco (“biodiversity”)

   ‎bio- + ‎industrio (“industry”) → ‎bioindustrio (“bioindustry”)

   ‎bio- + ‎maso (“mass”) → ‎biomaso (“biomass”)

   ‎bio- + ‎sintezo (“synthesis”) → ‎biosintezo (“biosynthesis”)

   ‎bio- + ‎tekniko (“technique”) → ‎biotekniko (“biotechnique”)

Derived terms

Esperanto terms prefixed with bio-

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English bio-), ultimately from Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbio-/, [ˈbio̞-]

Prefix

bio-

1. bio-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with bio-

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

bio-

1. life

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with bio-

See also

• bio

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

Prefix

bio-

1. bio-

Derived terms

Galician terms prefixed with bio-

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

bio-

1. life
2. organically produced, or otherwise environmentally friendly

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with bio-

life

• Antibiotikum
• Biochemie
• Bioenergetik
• Biologie
• Bionik
• Biosphäre
• Biotechnologie
• Symbiose

 

organically

• Biobauer
• Biogas
• Bioladen

 

See also

• öko-

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbijo]

Prefix

bio-

1. (noun prefix) life

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with bio-

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian prefixes

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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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English bio-, French bio-, German bio-, Italian bio-, Spanish bio-, Portuguese bio-, French bio-, Portuguese bio-, English bio-, Russian био- (bio-), all ultimately from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bio/

Prefix

bio-

1. (neologism) bio-

   ‎bio- + ‎kemio (“chemistry”) → ‎biokemio (“biochemistry”)

Derived terms

Ido terms prefixed with bio-

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

Prefix

bio-

1. bio-: (organic) life.

Derived terms

Indonesian terms prefixed with bio-

References

• “bio-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Irish

Prefix

bio-

1. Alternative form of bith-, used before a broad T.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bio-	bhio-	mbio-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “biot-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

Prefix

bio-

1. bio- (life)

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with bio-

• antibiotico
• biocenosi
• biochimica
• biochimico
• bioclimatologia
• biodegradazione
• biodiversità
• biofisica
• biogenesi
• biogenetica
• biogeocenosi
• biografia
• bioindicatore
• biologia
• biomassa
• bionica
• bioritmo
• biosfera
• biosintetizzare
• biotico
• simbiosi

 

See also

• -bio

Anagrams

• obi

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”), either from *gʷih₃wós (“alive, living”), with the suffix *-wós, or from βίοτος (bíotos, “life”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ or *gʷih₃-etos (“life”), both from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Prefix

bio-

1. bio-

References

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with bio-

• “bio-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

Prefix

bio-

1. bio-

References

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with bio-

• “bio-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: bio

Prefix

bio-

1. bio-

   ‎bio- + ‎geografia → ‎biogeografia

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with bio-

See also

• -biont, -bioza

Further reading

• bio- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bio- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.o/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.ɔ/

Prefix

bio-

1. bio- (indicates life)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with bio-

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

Prefix

bio-

1. bio-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with bio-

Related terms

• -bio

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Prefix

bio-

1. bio-; pertaining to life

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with bio-

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Welsh

Etymology

From English bio-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbiː.ɔ/

Prefix

bio-

1. bio-

   ‎bio- + ‎diraddio (“to degrade”) → ‎bioddiraddio (“to biodegrade”)

   ‎bio- + ‎amrywiaeth (“variety, diversity”) → ‎bioamrywiaeth (“biodiversity”)

   ‎bio- + ‎cemeg (“chemistry”) → ‎biocemeg (“biochemistry”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms prefixed with bio-

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bio-	fio-	mio-	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bio-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies