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-hex-

hexa-

English

Alternative forms

  • hex- (before a vowel)

Prefix

hexa-

  1. Forming compound words with the sense of "six".

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Derived terms

Translations


Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, six).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛksɒ]
  • Hyphenation: he‧xa

Prefix

hexa-

  1. hexa- (forming compound words with the sense of "six")

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_adjectives_prefixed_with_hexa-'>Hungarian adjectives prefixed with hexa-</a>

References

  1. Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-), from ἕξ (héx, six).

Pronunciation

Prefix

hexa-

  1. hexa-

Descendants