Meanings
- In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10²¹ (a short scale sextillion or long scale trilliard).
Antonyms: zepto-
Synonyms & antonyms
prefixIn the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10²¹ (a short scale sextillion or long scale trilliard).
Origin
- Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́“seven”
- Latinseptem“seven”
- Englishzetta-
Coined with Latin septem (“seven”) and Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ, “seven”) in mind, for the seventh order of 10³. The consonants pt are reduced to tt; the initial z was chosen instead of s to avoid confusion with s (“second”, symbol)
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian зета-
- зета- (zeta-)1021
Chinese Cantonese 澤- /泽-
- 澤- /泽- (zaak⁶)1021
Chinese Mandarin 澤- /泽-, 澤它- /泽它-
- 澤- /泽- (zé-)1021
- 澤它- /泽它- (zétā-)1021
- 皆- (jiē-)1021
Dutch zetta-
- zetta-1021
Finnish tsetta-
- tsetta-1021
French zetta-
- zetta-1021
German zetta-
- zetta-1021
Greek ζεττα-
- ζεττα- (zetta-)1021
Indonesian zeta-
- zeta-1021
Japanese ゼタ-
- ゼタ-1021
Korean 제타-
- 제타- (jeta-)1021
Malay zeta-
- zeta-1021
Russian зетта-
- зетта- (zetta-)1021
Spanish zetta-
- zetta-1021
Thai เซตตะ-
- เซตตะ- (sét-tà)1021
Vietnamese zê-ta
- zê-ta1021
Cite this entry
zetta-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zetta-
“zetta-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zetta-. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zetta-,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zetta-.
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