tetra

See also: tetrą, tetra-, and tétra-

English

Hyphessobrycon, a genus of tetra

Etymology

From translingual Tetragonopterus, an obsolete genus that included these fish.

Noun

tetra (plural tetras)

1. Any of numerous species of small freshwater fish of the South American family Characidae and West African family Alestidae, popular in home aquariums.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 32:

     Among them were ancient relatives of the piranhas and those popular aquarium fish the tetras, along with garfish and freshwater coelacanths, known as mawsonids.

Derived terms

terms derived from tetra

• Adonis tetra (Lepidarchus adonis)
• African long-finned tetra (Bryconalestes longipinnis, syn. Brycinus longipinnis)
• African moon tetra (Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus)
• Arnold's tetra (Arnoldichthys spilopterus)
• banded tetra (Astyanax fasciatus)
• bandtail tetra (Moenkhausia dichroura)
• barred glass tetra (Phenagoniates macrolepis)
• beacon tetra (Hemigrammus ocellifer)
• Belgian flag tetra (Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus)
• blackband tetra (Hyphessobrycon scholzei)
• black darter tetra (Poecilocharax weitzmani)
• blackedge tetra (Tyttocharax madeirae)
• black-flag tetra (Hyphessobrycon rosaceus)
• black-jacket tetra (Moenkhausia takasei)
• blackline tetra (Hyphessobrycon scholzei)
• black morpho tetra (Poecilocharax weitzmani)
• black neon tetra (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi)
• black phantom tetra (Hyphessobrycon megalopterus)
• black tetra (Gymnocorymbus thayeri, Gymnocorymbus ternetzi)
• black wedge tetra (Hemigrammus pulcher)
• bleeding heart tetra (Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma)
• bleeding heart tetra (Hyphessobrycon socolofi)
• blind tetra (Stygichthys typhlops)
• bloodfin tetra (Aphyocharax anisitsi)
• blue tetra (Boehlkea fredcochui, Knodus borki, Mimagoniates microlepis, Tyttocharax madeirae, et al.)
• brass tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi)
• brilliant rummynose tetra (Hemigrammus bleheri)
• bucktooth tetra (Exodon paradoxus)
• Buenos Aires tetra (Hyphessobrycon anisitsi)
• butterfly tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi)
• callistus tetra (Hyphessobrycon eques)
• calypso tetra (Hyphessobrycon axelrodi)
• cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi)
• Carlana tetra (Carlana eigenmanni)
• central tetra (Astyanax aeneus)
• Cochu's blue tetra (Knodus borki)
• coffee-bean tetra (Hyphessobrycon takasei)
• Colcibolca tetra (Astyanax nasutus)
• Congo tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus)
• copper tetra (Hasemania melanura)
• Costello tetra (Hemigrammus hyanuary)
• creek tetra (Bryconamericus scleroparius)
• creek tetra (Bryconamericus terrabensis)
• croaking tetra (Mimagoniates inequalis)
• croaking tetra (Mimagoniates lateralis)
• dawn tetra (Aphyocharax paraguayensis)
• dawn tetra (Hyphessobrycon eos)
• diamond tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri)
• discus tetra (Brachychalcinus orbicularis)
• disk tetra (Myleus schomburgkii)
• dragonfin tetra (Pseudocorynopoma doriae)
• ember tetra (Hyphessobrycon amandae)
• emperor tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri)
• false black tetra (Gymnocorymbus thayeri)
• false neon tetra (Paracheirodon simulans)
• false red nose tetra (Petitella georgiae)
• false rummynose tetra (Petitella georgiae)
• featherfin tetra (Hemigrammus unilineatus)
• firehead tetra (Hemigrammus bleheri)
• flag tetra (Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus)
• flame tail tetra (Aphyocharax erythrurus)
• flame tetra (Hyphessobrycon flammeus)
• garnet tetra (Hemigrammus pulcher)
• glass bloodfin tetra (Prionobrama filigera)
• glass tetra (Moenkhausia oligolepis)
• glossy tetra (Moenkhausia oligolepis)
• glowlight tetra (Hemigrammus erythrozonus)
• goldencrown tetra (Aphyocharax alburnus)
• goldencrown tetra (Aphyocharax alburnus)
• golden tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi)
• goldspotted tetra (Hyphessobrycon griemi)
• gold-tailed tetra (Carlastyanax aurocaudatus)
• gold tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi)
• green dwarf tetra (Odontocharacidium aphanes)
• green neon tetra (Paracheirodon simulans)
• green tetra (Paracheirodon simulans)
• Griem's tetra (Hyphessobrycon griemi)
• head & taillight tetra (Hemigrammus ocellifer)
• Hy511 tetra (Hyphessobrycon spp.)
• January tetra (Hemigrammus hyanuary)
• jellybean tetra (Lepidarchus adonis)
• jewel tetra (Hyphessobrycon eques)
• jumping tetra (Hemibrycon tridens)
• largespot tetra (Astyanax orthodus)
• lemon tetra (Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis)
• long-finned glass tetra (Xenagoniates bondi)
• long-finned glass tetra (Xenagoniates bondi)
• longfin tetra (Brycinus longipinnis)
• longjaw tetra (Bramocharax bransfordii)
• Loreto tetra (Hyphessobrycon loretoensis)
• Mayan tetra (Hyphessobrycon compressus)
• Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus)
• mimic scale-eating tetra (Probolodus heterostomus)
• mourning tetra (Brycon pesu)
• naked tetra (Gymnocharacinus bergii)
• neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi)
• Niger tetra (Arnoldichthys spilopterus)
• nurse tetra (Brycinus nurse)
• one-line tetra (Hemigrammus unilineatus)
• oneline tetra (Nannaethiops unitaeniatus)
• orangefin tetra (Bryconops affinis)
• ornate tetra (Hyphessobrycon bentosi)
• Panama tetra (Hyphessobrycon panamensis)
• penguin tetra (Thayeria boehlkei)
• Peruvian tetra (Hyphessobrycon peruvianus)
• petticoat tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi)
• phantom tetra (Hyphessobrycon megalopterus)
• Pittier's tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri)
• pretty tetra (Hemigrammus pulcher)
• pristella tetra (Pristella maxillaris)
• pygmy tetra (Odontostilbe dialeptura)
• rainbow tetra (Nematobrycon lacortei)
• rainbow tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri)
• red eye tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae)
• red-nose tetra
• red phantom Tetra (Hyphessobrycon sweglesi)
• redspotted tetra (Copeina guttata)
• red tetra (Hyphessobrycon flammeus)
• rosy-finned tetra (Hyphessobrycon rosaceus)
• rosy tetra (Hyphessobrycon bentosi)
• rosy tetra (Hyphessobrycon rosaceus)
• royal tetra (Inpaichthys kerri)
• ruby tetra (Axelrodia riesei)
• rummy-nose tetra (Hemigrammus rhodostomus (bleheri))
• sailfin tetra (Crenuchus spilurus)
• savage tetra (Hyphessobrycon savagei)
• savanna tetra (Hyphessobrycon stegemanni)
• semaphore tetra (Pterobrycon myrnae)
• serpae tetra (Hyphessobrycon eques)
• sharptooth tetra (Micralestes acutidens)
• silver tetra (Ctenobrycon spilurus)
• silver tetra (Gymnocorymbus thayeri)
• silver tetra (Micralestes acutidens)
• silvertip tetra (Hasemania melanura)
• silvertip tetra, silver-tipped tetra (Hasemania nana)
• splash tetra (Copella arnoldi)
• spotfin tetra (Hyphessobrycon socolofi)
• spottail tetra (Moenkhausia dichroura)
• spotted tetra (Copella nattereri)
• Swegles's tetra (Hyphessobrycon sweglesi)
• tailspot tetra (Bryconops caudomaculatus)
• tetra von Rio (Hyphessobrycon flammeus)
• three-lined African tetra (Neolebias trilineatus)
• Tietê tetra (Brycon insignis)
• Tortuguero tetra (Hyphessobrycon tortuguerae)
• transparent tetra (Charax gibbosus)
• true big-scale tetra (Brycinus macrolepidotus)
• Uruguay tetra (Cheirodon interruptus)
• white spot tetra (Aphyocharax paraguayensis)
• X-ray tetra
• x-ray tetra (Pristella maxillaris)
• yellow-tailed African tetra (Alestopetersius caudalis)
• yellow tetra (Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus)

 

Translations

fish

• Bulgarian: неонова тетра f (neonova tetra)
• Finnish: tetra (fi)
• Italian: tetra (it) m
• Polish: tetra (pl) f
• Russian: те́тра f (tétra)
• Swedish: tetra (sv)

Anagrams

• Ratte, Treat, atter, ratte, tater, teart, treat

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtetrɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞t̪rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -etrɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): tet‧ra

Etymology 1

< trademark Tetra Pak

Noun

tetra

1. Tetra Pak (type of container)

Usage notes

• Often used as headword in a compound term, with a modifier that specifies the content, e.g. mehutetra (“Tetra Pak of juice”).

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 tetrain rare
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
abessive		tetratta	tetroitta
instructive		—	tetroin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tetra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tetrani tetrani accusative nom. tetrani tetrani gen. tetrani genitive tetrani tetrojeni tetraini rare partitive tetraani tetrojani inessive tetrassani tetroissani elative tetrastani tetroistani illative tetraani tetroihini adessive tetrallani tetroillani ablative tetraltani tetroiltani allative tetralleni tetroilleni essive tetranani tetroinani translative tetrakseni tetroikseni abessive tetrattani tetroittani instructive — — comitative — tetroineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tetrasi tetrasi accusative nom. tetrasi tetrasi gen. tetrasi genitive tetrasi tetrojesi tetraisi rare partitive tetraasi tetrojasi inessive tetrassasi tetroissasi elative tetrastasi tetroistasi illative tetraasi tetroihisi adessive tetrallasi tetroillasi ablative tetraltasi tetroiltasi allative tetrallesi tetroillesi essive tetranasi tetroinasi translative tetraksesi tetroiksesi abessive tetrattasi tetroittasi instructive — — comitative — tetroinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tetramme tetramme accusative nom. tetramme tetramme gen. tetramme genitive tetramme tetrojemme tetraimme rare partitive tetraamme tetrojamme inessive tetrassamme tetroissamme elative tetrastamme tetroistamme illative tetraamme tetroihimme adessive tetrallamme tetroillamme ablative tetraltamme tetroiltamme allative tetrallemme tetroillemme essive tetranamme tetroinamme translative tetraksemme tetroiksemme abessive tetrattamme tetroittamme instructive — — comitative — tetroinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tetranne tetranne accusative nom. tetranne tetranne gen. tetranne genitive tetranne tetrojenne tetrainne rare partitive tetraanne tetrojanne inessive tetrassanne tetroissanne elative tetrastanne tetroistanne illative tetraanne tetroihinne adessive tetrallanne tetroillanne ablative tetraltanne tetroiltanne allative tetrallenne tetroillenne essive tetrananne tetroinanne translative tetraksenne tetroiksenne abessive tetrattanne tetroittanne instructive — — comitative — tetroinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tetransa tetransa accusative nom. tetransa tetransa gen. tetransa genitive tetransa tetrojensa tetrainsa rare partitive tetraansa tetrojaan tetrojansa inessive tetrassaan tetrassansa tetroissaan tetroissansa elative tetrastaan tetrastansa tetroistaan tetroistansa illative tetraansa tetroihinsa adessive tetrallaan tetrallansa tetroillaan tetroillansa ablative tetraltaan tetraltansa tetroiltaan tetroiltansa allative tetralleen tetrallensa tetroilleen tetroillensa essive tetranaan tetranansa tetroinaan tetroinansa translative tetrakseen tetraksensa tetroikseen tetroiksensa abessive tetrattaan tetrattansa tetroittaan tetroittansa instructive — — comitative — tetroineen tetroinensa

Synonyms

• tetrapakkaus

Derived terms

compounds

• tetrapakkaus

 

Etymology 2

From English tetra, from translingual Tetragonopterus.

Noun

tetra

1. tetra (fish of the family Characidae, commonly kept as aquarium fish)

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 tetrain rare
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
abessive		tetratta	tetroitta
instructive		—	tetroin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tetra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tetrani tetrani accusative nom. tetrani tetrani gen. tetrani genitive tetrani tetrojeni tetraini rare partitive tetraani tetrojani inessive tetrassani tetroissani elative tetrastani tetroistani illative tetraani tetroihini adessive tetrallani tetroillani ablative tetraltani tetroiltani allative tetralleni tetroilleni essive tetranani tetroinani translative tetrakseni tetroikseni abessive tetrattani tetroittani instructive — — comitative — tetroineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tetrasi tetrasi accusative nom. tetrasi tetrasi gen. tetrasi genitive tetrasi tetrojesi tetraisi rare partitive tetraasi tetrojasi inessive tetrassasi tetroissasi elative tetrastasi tetroistasi illative tetraasi tetroihisi adessive tetrallasi tetroillasi ablative tetraltasi tetroiltasi allative tetrallesi tetroillesi essive tetranasi tetroinasi translative tetraksesi tetroiksesi abessive tetrattasi tetroittasi instructive — — comitative — tetroinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tetramme tetramme accusative nom. tetramme tetramme gen. tetramme genitive tetramme tetrojemme tetraimme rare partitive tetraamme tetrojamme inessive tetrassamme tetroissamme elative tetrastamme tetroistamme illative tetraamme tetroihimme adessive tetrallamme tetroillamme ablative tetraltamme tetroiltamme allative tetrallemme tetroillemme essive tetranamme tetroinamme translative tetraksemme tetroiksemme abessive tetrattamme tetroittamme instructive — — comitative — tetroinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tetranne tetranne accusative nom. tetranne tetranne gen. tetranne genitive tetranne tetrojenne tetrainne rare partitive tetraanne tetrojanne inessive tetrassanne tetroissanne elative tetrastanne tetroistanne illative tetraanne tetroihinne adessive tetrallanne tetroillanne ablative tetraltanne tetroiltanne allative tetrallenne tetroillenne essive tetrananne tetroinanne translative tetraksenne tetroiksenne abessive tetrattanne tetroittanne instructive — — comitative — tetroinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tetransa tetransa accusative nom. tetransa tetransa gen. tetransa genitive tetransa tetrojensa tetrainsa rare partitive tetraansa tetrojaan tetrojansa inessive tetrassaan tetrassansa tetroissaan tetroissansa elative tetrastaan tetrastansa tetroistaan tetroistansa illative tetraansa tetroihinsa adessive tetrallaan tetrallansa tetroillaan tetroillansa ablative tetraltaan tetraltansa tetroiltaan tetroiltansa allative tetralleen tetrallensa tetroilleen tetroillensa essive tetranaan tetranansa tetroinaan tetroinansa translative tetrakseen tetraksensa tetroikseen tetroiksensa abessive tetrattaan tetrattansa tetroittaan tetroittansa instructive — — comitative — tetroineen tetroinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• kardinaalitetra
• keisaritetra
• keltalyhtytetra
• kerritetra
• kirsikkatetra
• kolumbiantetra
• kongontetra
• korutetra
• kulmatetra
• lasitetra
• lipputetra
• lyhtytetra
• musta-aavetetra
• mustatetra
• neontetra
• punaevätetra
• punatetra
• rubiinitetra
• safiiritetra
• timanttitetra

 

Further reading

• “tetra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2024-01-01

Anagrams

• terat

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.tra/
• Rhymes: -ɛtra
• Hyphenation: tè‧tra

Adjective

tetra

1. feminine singular of tetro

Noun

tetra m (invariable)

1. tetra ((fish))

Anagrams

• retta

Latin

Adjective

tētra

1. inflection of tēter:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

tētrā

1. ablative feminine singular of tēter

References

• tetra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.tra/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛtra
• Syllabification: te‧tra

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-).

Noun

tetra f

1. terry (fabric)
2. (colloquial) Clipping of tetrachlorometan.

Derived terms

adjective

• tetrowy

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tetra.

Noun

tetra f

1. tetra (fish)

Declension

Declension of tetra

	singular	plural
nominative	tetra	tetry
genitive	tetry	tetr
dative	tetrze	tetrom
accusative	tetrę	tetry
instrumental	tetrą	tetrami
locative	tetrze	tetrach
vocative	tetro	tetry

Further reading

• tetra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tetra in Polish dictionaries at PWN