penta-

See also: penta

English

Alternative forms

• pent- (before a vowel)

Etymology

PIE word
*pénkʷe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Persian پنج, Northern Kurdish pênc, Ossetian фондз (fonʒ), Pashto پنځه (pindzə), Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan). Doublet of five, which was inherited from Proto-Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛntə-/, /pɛntæ-/

Prefix

Greek number prefix

5	Previous:	tessara- tetra-
	Next:	hexa-

penta-

1. five

   Synonym: quinque-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with penta-

Related terms

• pentacle
• pentagon
• pentagram
• pentahedron
• pentalogy
• pentameter
• pentaprism
• pentasyllabic
• Pentateuch
• pentathlete
• pentathlon
• pentatonic
• pentomino

 

Translations

five

• Catalan: penta-
• Czech: pěti-
• Finnish: viisi-, penta- (fi)
• French: penta- (fr)
• German: penta- (de)
• Hindi: पञ्च- (pañc-)
• Indonesian: lima-
• Italian: penta-
• Malay: panca- (ms)
• Polish: penta-
• Portuguese: penta-
• Romanian: penta-
• Spanish: penta-

See also

• Thesaurus:number

Anagrams

• paten

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̃.ta/

Prefix

penta-

1. penta-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with penta-

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛntɒ]
• Hyphenation: pen‧ta

Prefix

penta-

1. penta-

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with penta-

Italian

Alternative forms

• pent-

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”).

Prefix

penta-

1. penta-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with penta-

• pentabromuro
• pentaciclico
• pentaeritrite
• pentano
• pentatonico

 

Related terms

• pentabraco
• pentacolo
• pentafillo
• pentagono
• pentapoli
• pentarca
• pentastoma
• Pentateuco
• pentathlon / pentatlon
• pentecontoro
• Pentecoste
• pentodo
• pentosio

 

Further reading

• penta- in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• pènta- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• penta- in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”). Doublet of cinco.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.tɐ/

Prefix

penta-

1. penta-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with penta-

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-), combining form of πέντε (pénte, “five”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /penta/ [pẽn̪.t̪a]
• Syllabification: pen‧ta-

Prefix

penta-

1. penta-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with penta-

Further reading

• “penta-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28