electro-

See also: electro, électro, electró, and électro-

English

Etymology

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-.

Prefix

electro-

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

Synonyms

• galvano- (dated or specific applications)

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with electro-

Translations

of electricity or electrical

• Arabic: كَهْرُو- (kahrū-)
• Armenian: էլեկտրա- (ēlektra-)
• Belarusian: электра- (eljektra-)
• Catalan: electro-
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電／电 (zh) (diàn)

• Czech: elektro-
• Danish: elektro-
• Dutch: elektro- (nl)
• Finnish: elektro- (fi), sähkö-
• French: électro- (fr)
• Galician: electro- (gl)
• Georgian: ელექტრო- (elekṭro-)
• German: Elektro- (de), elektro- (de)
• Greek: ηλεκτρο- (el) (ilektro-)
• Icelandic: raf- (is)
• Ido: elektro-
• Irish: leictri-
• Italian: elettro- (it)
• Japanese: 電 (ja) (でん, den)
• Malay: elektro- (ms)
• Manx: lectro-
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: elektro-

  Nynorsk: elektro-

• Polish: elektro- (pl), galwano-
• Portuguese: eletro-
• Russian: электро- (ru) (elektro-)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: електро-

  Roman: elektro-

• Spanish: electro- (es)
• Swedish: elektro- (sv), el- (sv)
• Tagalog: elektro-, dagi- (neologism)

Anagrams

• Elector, corelet, elector

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin electrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”) (a natural resin, which — when rubbed — produces static electricity).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˌlɛk.tɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˌlɛk.tɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˌlɛk.tɾo]

Prefix

electro-

1. electro-; combining form of elèctric

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with electro-

See also

• magneto-

Further reading

• “electro-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeːˈlɛk.troː/

Prefix

electro-

1. Superseded spelling of elektro-.

Galician

Prefix

electro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

From

Galician terms prefixed with electro-

.

Further reading

• “electro-”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Prefix

electro-

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of eletro-. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with electro-

Spanish

Prefix

electro-

1. electro-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with electro-

Further reading

• “electro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014