bio-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bio"
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
bio-
- life
- Antonym: thanato-
- organic life
- biological
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
life
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See also
- (animal life in particular): zoo-
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).
Pronunciation
Prefix
bio-
Derived terms
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, 2024
- “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.
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
bio-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bio-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- bio- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Danish
Prefix
bio-
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
Prefix
bio-
- (pertaining to) life
Derived terms
Esperanto
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
bio-
- 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
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English bio-), ultimately from Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-).
Pronunciation
Prefix
bio-
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Prefix
bio-
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “bio-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).
Prefix
bio-
Derived terms
From
.
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Prefix
bio-
- life
- organically produced, or otherwise environmentally friendly
Derived terms
life
organically
See also
Hungarian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).[1]
Pronunciation
Prefix
bio-
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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
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
Prefix
bio-
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).
Prefix
bio-
- bio-: (organic) life.
Derived terms
References
- “bio-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Prefix
bio-
- Alternative form of bith-, used before a broad T.
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| bio- | bhio- | mbio- |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “biot-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).
Prefix
bio-
- bio- (life)
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
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-
References
- “bio-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
Prefix
bio-
References
- “bio-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βίο- (bío-).
Pronunciation
Prefix
bio-
- bio-
- bio- + geografia → biogeografia
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- bio- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos). Doublet of zoo-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
bio-
- bio- (indicates life)
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
Prefix
bio-
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “bio-”, 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
Swedish
Prefix
bio-
- bio-; pertaining to life
Derived terms
Welsh
Etymology
Pronunciation
Prefix
bio-
- bio-
- bio- + amrywiaeth (“variety, diversity”) → bioamrywiaeth (“biodiversity”)
- bio- + cemeg (“chemistry”) → biocemeg (“biochemistry”)
- bio- + diraddio (“to degrade”) → bioddiraddio (“to biodegrade”)
- bio- + -leg (“-logy”) → bioleg (“biology”)
Derived terms
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| bio- | fio- | mio- | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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
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