thermo-

English

Alternative forms

• therm- (before vowels)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “warm, hot”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /θɜː.məʊ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /θɜɹ.moʊ-/

Prefix

thermo-

1. thermal: heat; temperature.

Antonyms

• cryo-
• psychro-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with thermo-

Translations

heat

• Catalan: termo-
• Czech: termo-
• Dutch: thermo- (nl)
• Finnish: lämpö-, termo-
• French: thermo- (fr)
• Galician: termo-
• Georgian: თერმო- (termo-)
• German: thermo- (de)
• Irish: teirmi-
• Italian: termo- (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: termo-

  Nynorsk: termo-

• Portuguese: termo- (pt)
• Romanian: termo- (ro)
• Sicilian: termu-
• Spanish: termo- (es)

Anagrams

• Mother, moth-er, mother

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Prefix

thermo-

1. heat

Dutch terms prefixed with thermo-

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Prefix

thermo-

1. heat

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with thermo-

• thermodynamique
• thermomètre
• thermonucléaire
• thermoplastique

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós). Many German terms prefixed with thermo- are borrowings from other European languages, especially French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɛʁmo/, /ˈtɛʁmo/

• Audio:

  (file)

Prefix

thermo-

1. heat

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with thermo-

Further reading

• “thermo-” in Duden online
• “thermo-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache