see|tetra
English
wikipedia|Tetra-
Etymology
From AGr. polytonic|�ε��α- (tetra-), combining form of polytonic|�έ��α�ε� (tettares) �four�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�t�tɹ�/

Prefix
tetra- (or before a vowel tetr-)

1. Forming compound words having the sense of �four�.

#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 665: [cf. -latry]
#*:Which is how Kit first heard about the T.W.I.T. back in London, and of the ghostly neo-Pythagorean cult of tetralatry or worship of the number four, currently the rage in certain European circles

Synonyms
quadri-

Derived terms
top3
tetrachord
tetracyclic
tetradontiformes
tetragon
tetragram
mid3
tetragrammaton
tetrahedron
tetralogy
tetrameter
tetramorph
mid3
tetraspace
tetraterpene
tetration
tetromino

Category:English prefixes

Italian

Prefix
tetra- or before a vowel tetr-

1. tetra-

Synonyms
quadri-#Italian|quadri-

Derived terms

tetraborico
tetrabromuro
tetraciclina
tetraclorometano
tetracloruro
tetracorallo
tetracromia
tetradimensionale
tetraetile
tetrafluoroetilene
tetrafloruro
tetraginia
tetragramma
tetraioduro
tetralina
tetralineo
mid
tetralogia
tetramero
tetrametro
tetraandria
tetraodonte
tetraparesi
tetraplegia
tetratomico
tetravalente
tetravalenza
tetrodo
Tetrodontiformi
tetrossido

Related terms
tetracordo
tetrade
tetraedro
tetragono
tetrapode
tetrarca
tetrastico
quattro

Category:Italian prefixes

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