bio-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bio"
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English
[edit]Etymology
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From Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”). By surface analysis, bi- (“life”) + -o-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪˌəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪˌoʊ/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪˌoʊ/, [ˈbaɪˌoː]
- (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbɑeˌəʉ/, (some speakers) [ˈbɑe̯ˌɐʉ̯]
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪˌɐʉ/, [ˈbɑe̯ˌɐʉ̯]
Prefix
[edit]bio-
- Combining form of life.
- Antonym: thanato-
- Combining form of biological.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]life
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See also
[edit]- (animal life in particular): zoo-
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bio-”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “bio-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “bio-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “bio-”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bio-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- bio- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Danish
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
Derived terms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
Derived terms
[edit]Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).
Prefix
[edit]bio-
- bio-
- bio- + genezo (“genesis”) → biogenezo (“biogenesis”)
- bio- + kemio (“chemistry”) → biokemio (“biochemistry”)
- bio- + diverseco (“diversity”) → biodiverseco (“biodiversity”)
- bio- + industrio (“industry”) → bioindustrio (“bioindustry”)
- bio- + maso (“mass”) → biomaso (“biomass”)
- bio- + sintezo (“synthesis”) → biosintezo (“biosynthesis”)
- bio- + tekniko (“technique”) → biotekniko (“biotechnique”)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bio”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
- “bio-”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English bio-), ultimately from Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
- (usually in loanwords) bio-
Derived terms
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bio-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).
Prefix
[edit]bio-
Derived terms
[edit]From
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
- bio- (pertaining to life)
- (productive with nouns) organically produced, or otherwise environmentally friendly
Derived terms
[edit]specifically from the sense of "organically produced"
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN
Ido
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English bio-, French bio-, German bio-, Italian bio-, Spanish bio-, Portuguese bio-, French bio-, Portuguese bio-, English bio-, Russian био- (bio-), all ultimately from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
Derived terms
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).
Prefix
[edit]bio-
- bio-: (organic) life
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “bio-”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Irish
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
- alternative form of bith-, used before a broad T.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| bio- | bhio- | mbio- |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “biot-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).
Prefix
[edit]bio-
- bio- (life)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Malay
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English bio-. From Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”), either from *gʷih₃wós (“alive, living”), with the suffix *-wós, or from βίοτος (bíotos, “life”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ or *gʷih₃-etos (“life”), both from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).
Prefix
[edit]bio-
References
[edit]- “bio-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
Prefix
[edit]bio-
References
[edit]- “bio-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
- bio-
- bio- + geografia → biogeografia
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos). Doublet of zoo-.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Prefix
[edit]bio-
- bio- (indicates life)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bio-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “bio-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bio-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swedish
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
- bio-; pertaining to life
Derived terms
[edit]Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]bio-
- bio-
- bio- + amrywiaeth (“variety, diversity”) → bioamrywiaeth (“biodiversity”)
- bio- + cemeg (“chemistry”) → biocemeg (“biochemistry”)
- bio- + diraddio (“to degrade”) → bioddiraddio (“to biodegrade”)
- bio- + -leg (“-logy”) → bioleg (“biology”)
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| bio- | fio- | mio- | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “bio-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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