English Explanatory Dictionary

electro-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Combining form of electricity.
  2. Combining form of electric and electrical.
  3. Combining form of electronic.

Word forms

electro-

Etymology

Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- 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-.

Synonyms

galvano-

Translations

Arabic: كَهْرُو- Armenian: էլեկտրա- Belarusian: электра- Catalan: electro- Chinese Mandarin: 電 /电 Czech: elektro- Danish: elektro- Dutch: elektro- Finnish: elektro- Finnish: sähkö- French: électro- Galician: electro- Georgian: ელექტრო- German: Elektro- Greek: ηλεκτρο- Icelandic: raf- Ido: elektro- Irish: leictri- Italian: elettro- Japanese: 電 Malay: elektro- Manx: lectro- Norwegian Bokmål: elektro- Norwegian Nynorsk: elektro- Polish: elektro- Polish: galwano- Portuguese: eletro- Russian: электро- Serbo-Croatian: електро- Serbo-Croatian: elektro- Spanish: electro- Swedish: elektro- Swedish: el- Tagalog: elektro- Tagalog: dagi- Tamil: மின்
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