zetta-

English

Etymology

Coined with Latin septem and Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) in mind, for the seventh order of 10³. The consonants pt are reduced to tt as in Italian, by analogy with peta-; the initial z was chosen instead of s to avoid confusion with s for second.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛtə/

Prefix

SI prefix

Z	Previous:	exa-
	Next:	yotta-

zetta-

1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10²¹ (a short scale sextillion or long scale trilliard). Symbol: Z

Antonyms

• zepto-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with zetta-

• zebi-

Translations

SI prefix

• Bulgarian: зета- (zeta-)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 澤-／泽- (zaak⁶)

  Mandarin: 澤-／泽- (zh) (zé-) (mainland China), 澤它-／泽它- (zétā-) (mainland China), 皆- (zh) (jiē-) (Taiwan)

• Dutch: zetta- (nl)
• Finnish: tsetta- (fi)
• French: zetta- (fr)
• Galician: zetta- (gl)
• German: Zetta- (de)
• Greek: ζεττα- (zetta-)
• Indonesian: zeta-
• Japanese: ゼタ-
• Korean: 제타 (jeta-)
• Malay: zeta-
• Russian: зетта- (ru) (zetta-)
• Spanish: zetta-
• Thai: เซตตะ- (sét-tà)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Prefix

zetta-

1. zetta-

Category Dutch terms prefixed with zetta- not found