Meanings
alternative before vowel tetr-
- Four.
Which is how Kit first heard about the T.W.I.T. back in London, and of the ghostly neo-Pythagorean cult of tetralatry or worship of the number four, currently the rage in certain European circles
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 665: [cf. -latry]
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
- Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
- Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
- Englishtetra-
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-), combining form of Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), from τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”). Doublet of quadri-.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan tetra-
- tetra-forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
Finnish tetra-
- tetra-forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
French tétra-
- tétra-forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
Hindi चतुर्-
- चतुर्- (catur-)forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
Hungarian tetra-
- tetra-forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
Polish tetra-
- tetra-forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
Portuguese tetra-
- tetra-forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
Punjabi چُ
- چُ (cu)forming compound words having the sense of ‘four’
Cite this entry
tetra-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetra-
“tetra-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetra-. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tetra-,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetra-.
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