tera-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tera"

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ɹə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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- (hu)
• Ido: tera-
• Indonesian: tera-
• Japanese: テラ- (tera-)
• Korean: 테라 (tera-)
• Macedonian: тера- (mk) (tera-)
• Malay: tera- (ms)
• Portuguese: tera- (pt)
• Russian: тера- (ru) (tera-)
• Spanish: tera- (es)
• Thai: เทระ- (tee-rá)

Anagrams

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

Czech

Prefix

tera-

1. tera-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with tera-

Further reading

• “tera-”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• tera- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Prefix

tera-

1. tera-

Dutch terms prefixed with tera-

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈterɑ-/, [ˈt̪e̞rɑ̝-]

Prefix

tera-

1. tera-

Further reading

• “tera-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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

Portuguese

Prefix

tera-

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