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tetra
tetra
English
Hyphessobrycon, a genus of tetra
Noun
tetra (plural tetras)
- Any of several species of small South American freshwater fish of the family Characidae, popular in home aquaria.
Translations
See also
- blue tetra
- congo tetra
- cardinal tetra
- firehead tetra
- glass tetra
- glow-light tetra
- lemon tetra
- neon tetra
- silver-tipped tetra
- rosy-finned tetra
Anagrams
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of tetra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tetra | tetrat | |
| genitive | tetran | tetrojen | |
| partitive | tetraa | tetroja | |
| illative | tetraan | tetroihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tetra | tetrat | |
| accusative | nom. | tetra | tetrat |
| gen. | tetran | ||
| genitive | tetran | tetrojen tetrainrare |
|
| partitive | tetraa | tetroja | |
| inessive | tetrassa | tetroissa | |
| elative | tetrasta | tetroista | |
| illative | tetraan | tetroihin | |
| adessive | tetralla | tetroilla | |
| ablative | tetralta | tetroilta | |
| allative | tetralle | tetroille | |
| essive | tetrana | tetroina | |
| translative | tetraksi | tetroiksi | |
| instructive | — | tetroin | |
| abessive | tetratta | tetroitta | |
| comitative | — | tetroineen | |
Etymology 1
< trade name Tetra Pak
Noun
tetra
- Tetra Pak (type of container)
Synonyms
Usage notes
- Often used as headword in a compound term, with a modifier that specifies the content, e.g. mehutetra (“Tetra Pak of juice”).
Etymology 2
Noun
tetra
- tetra (fish of the family Characidae, commonly kept as aquarium fish)
Latin
Adjective
tētra
- nominative feminine singular of tēter
- nominative neuter plural of tēter
- accusative neuter plural of tēter
- vocative feminine singular of tēter
- vocative neuter plural of tēter
tētrā
- ablative feminine singular of tēter
References
- TETRA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)