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penta-

/pɛntə-/

penta- prefix: five.

Prefix

penta-

  1. Five.
    Synonyms:
    quinque-, quint-

penta- meaning in Tamil

penta- in Tamil

ஐந்த

Synonyms of penta-

Forms of penta-

alternative before-vowelpent-

Origin of penta-

PIE word *pénkʷe Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-, “five”), from πέντε (pénte, “five”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Persian پنج, Northern Kurdish pênc, Ossetian фондз (fonʒ), Pashto پنځه (pindzə), Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca). Doublet of five, which was inherited from Proto-Germanic.

Questions about penta-

What does penta- mean?
Penta- means five.
What is penta- in Tamil?
Penta- in Tamil is ஐந்த. See Penta- meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is penta-?
Penta- is a prefix.
How do you pronounce penta-?
Penta- is pronounced /pɛntə-/.

Words near penta- in the dictionary

  1. pent-
  2. pent-house
  3. pent-houses
  4. pent-up
  5. Penta
  6. penta-
  7. Penta-di-Casinca
  8. penta-graphene
  9. pentaacetate
  10. pentaacetates
  11. pentaacetylated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: penta- (page history and authors); penta- (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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