hydro-
/ˈhaɪ.dɹoʊ/
hydro- prefix: water.
Prefix
hydro-
hydro- meaning in Tamil
hydro- in Tamil
- hydro-
- நீர் nīr
Synonyms of hydro-
Forms of hydro-
| alternative before-vowel | hydr- |
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Origin of hydro-
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-), from ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr, “water”), from Proto-Hellenic *údōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥, from *wed- + *-r̥.
Words formed from hydro-
- hydrate
- hydroelectric
- hydrofoil
- hydracid
- hydracrylate
- hydracrylic acid
- hydramide
- hydramine
- hydrase
- hydrazide
- hydrazine
- hydrazino-
- hydriodic
- hydro-aromatic
- hydrobenzoin
- hydroborate
- hydroboration
- hydrobromic
- hydrobromide
- hydrocarbon
- hydrocarbonate
- hydrocellulose
- hydrochloric
- hydrochloride
- hydrocinchonine
- hydrocortisone
- hydrocracking
- hydrocyanic
- hydrocyanite
- hydrodealkylation
- hydrodesulfurization
- hydroferricyanate
- hydroferricyanic
- hydroferridcyanate
- hydroferridcyanic
- hydroferrocyanate
- hydroferrocyanic
- hydroflumethiazide
- hydrofluoboric
- hydrofluoric
- hydrofluoride
- hydrofluosilicic acid
- hydroformate
- hydroformer
- hydroforming
- hydrogasification
- hydrohalic acid
- hydrohydrodesulphurisation
- hydrohydrodesulphurization
- hydroiodic
- hydroiodic acid
- hydrol
- hydronitric acid
- hydropotassic
- hydropressure
- hydroselenate
- hydroselenic
- hydroselenuret
- hydrosodic
- hydrosulfurization
Questions about hydro-
- What does hydro- mean?
- Hydro- means water.
- What is hydro- in Tamil?
- Hydro- in Tamil is நீர் (nīr). See Hydro- meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hydro-?
- Hydro- is a prefix.
- How do you pronounce hydro-?
- Hydro- is pronounced /ˈhaɪ.dɹoʊ/ (US).
Words near hydro- in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hydro- (page history and authors); நீர் (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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