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piro-

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See also: piro, piró, and -piro

Catalan

Alternative forms

pir- before a vowel

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυρο- (puro-), combining form of πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Prefix

piro-

pyro-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with piro-

Further reading

“piro-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpiro]
Hyphenation: pi‧ro

Prefix

piro-

pyro-

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with piro-

References

^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Italian

Alternative forms

pir- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυρο- (puro-), combining form of πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Prefix

piro-

pyro-

Derived terms

Anagrams

Ipro, opri, pori

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυρο- (puro-), combining form of πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Prefix

piro-

pyro- (fire, heat)
pirotecnia ― pyrotechnics

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with piro-

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυρο- (puro-), combining form of πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Prefix

piro-

pyro-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with piro-

Further reading

“piro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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