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See also: geo, Geo, GEO, geó, géo, Geo., and géo-

English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”). By surface analysis, ge- (“earth”) +‎ -o-.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiː.əʊ/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.oʊ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiː.əʉ/
  • Rhymes: -iəʊ

Prefix

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geo-

  1. earth Hypernym: planeto-
  2. geography

Derived terms

[edit] English terms prefixed with geo- geoaccumulation geoacoustic geoadditive geodephagous geoanthropology geanticlinal geanticline geoarbitrage geoarchaeological geoarchaeologically geoarchaeologist geoarchaeology geofact geoastrophysical geoastrophysics geoavailability geoavailable geobag geobarometer geobarometric geobarometry geobased geobiochemical biogeocenology biogeoclimatic geobiological geobiologist geobiology geobiont geobios geobiotic geo-block geo-blocking geobotanic geobotanical geobotanist geobotany geoboundary geocache geocaching geocaulosphere geocell geocentric geocentrism geochart geochemical geochemistry geochronometry geochronologic geochronological geochronologist geochronology geochronometer geochronometric geocide GeoCity geoclimate geoclimatic geocode geocodify geocoin geocomplexity geocomposite geocomputation geocomputational geocomputing geoconfirmation geoconservation geocontainer geocontent geocoordinate geocorona geocoronium geocoronal geocorrect geocorrection geocosmic geocratic geocritical geocriticism geocryological geocryologist geocryology geocultural geoculture geocyclic geodata geodatabase geodemographic geodemographics geodemography geodetector diageotropic geodispersal geodispersed geodistributed geodistribution geodiverse geodiversity geodomestication geodynamic geodynamical geodynamics geodynamo geoecodynamics geoecological geoecologist geoecology geoeconomic geoeconomical geoeconomics geoeconomist geoecosystem geoeffective geoelectric geoelectrical geoelectricity geoenabled endogeic geoengineer geoengineered geoengineering geoenvironment geoenvironmental geoepidemiological geoepidemiology geo-eschatologist geo-eschatology geoethane geoethics geoethnic eugeogenous geofabric geofacet geofaceted geofeature geofence geofinance geofluid geofluidic geofoam geoforensics geoform geoformation geofuel geofugal geogenesis geogenetic geogenetically geogenetics geogenomic geogenomics geogeny geobiocycling geocarpy geodesian geomatics gerontogeous geoglyph geognostic geognosy geogony geographer geographics geogrid geohash geohazard geohazardous geoheliocentrism geohelminth geohelminthiasis geohelminthic geoherbalism geoheritage geohistorian geohistorical geohistory geohydrologic geohydrological geohydrologist geohydrology geotic geo-imputation geoinformatic geoinformatics geoinformation geoisomer geoisotherm geokinesis geolatitude geolatry geolect geolibertarian geolibertarianism geolimnological geolinguist geolinguistic geolinguistics geolithological geolithology
  • geo-adapting
  • geo-block
  • geo-blocking
  • geocaching
  • geocentric
  • geo-cloning
  • geocontent
  • geode
  • geodesic
  • geodesy
  • geofabric
  • geofence
  • geofencing
  • geographer
  • geographic
  • geographical
  • geography
  • geo-imputation
  • geologer
  • geological
  • geologist
  • geology
  • geomancy
  • geomap
  • geomembrane
  • geometer
  • geometric
  • geometrical
  • geometry
  • geo-military
  • geomorphology
  • geophysics
  • geopolitical
  • geopolitics
  • geopressure
  • geospatial
  • geostationary
  • geotechnical
  • geotextile
  • geothermal
  • geotropism

Translations

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  • Afrikaans: geo-
  • Akan: gyeo-
  • Albanian: gjeo-
  • Aragonese: cheo-
  • Armenian: գեո- (geo-)
  • Asturian: xeo-
  • Bashkir: гео- (geo-)
  • Basque: geo-
  • Belarusian: геа- (hjea-)
  • Bulgarian: гео- (geo-)
  • Catalan: geo- (ca)
  • Corsican: geo-
  • Czech: geo-
  • Danish: geo-
  • Dutch: geo- (nl)
  • Esperanto: geo-
  • Estonian: geo- (et)
  • Finnish: geo- (fi)
  • French: géo- (fr)
  • Friulian: gjeo-
  • Galician: xeo- (gl)
  • Georgian: გეო- (geo-)
  • German: geo- (de)
  • Greek: γεω- (el) (geo-), γαιο- (el) (gaio-)
  • Haitian Creole: jewo-
  • Hebrew: גֵּאוֹ־ (he) (geo)
  • Hungarian: geo- (hu)
  • Ido: geo-
  • Indonesian: geo-
  • Interlingua: geo-
  • Irish: geo-
  • Italian: geo- (it)
  • Kazakh: гео- (geo-)
  • Kyrgyz: гео- (geo-)
  • Latin: geo-
  • Latvian: ģeo-
  • Lithuanian: geo-
  • Macedonian: гео- (geo-)
  • Malay: geo- (ms)
  • Maltese: ġeo-
  • Norman: géo-
  • Norwegian: Bokmål: geo- Nynorsk: geo-
  • Occitan: geo-
  • Persian: ژئو (fa) (že'o-)
  • Polish: geo- (pl)
  • Portuguese: geo- (pt)
  • Romanian: geo- Cyrillic: ӂео- (geo-)
  • Russian: гео- (geo-)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гео- Roman: geo-
  • Sicilian: gio- (scn)
  • Slovak: geo-
  • Slovene: geo-
  • Spanish: geo- (es)
  • Swedish: geo- (sv)
  • Tagalog: heo-
  • Tajik: гео- (geo-)
  • Turkmen: geo-
  • Ukrainian: гео- (heo-)
  • Uzbek: geo- (uz)
  • Yiddish: געאָ־ (geo-)

See also

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  • helio- (the Sun), hermeo- (Mercury), geo- (the Earth), seleno- (the Moon), areo- (Mars), zeno- (Jupiter), crono- (Saturn), urano- (Uranus)

Anagrams

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  • EOG, GOE, Goe, ego, ego-, goe

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Prefix

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geo-

  1. geo-

Derived terms

[edit] Catalan terms prefixed with geo- geocèntric geofísic geofísica geòleg geologia geomorfologia geopolític

Further reading

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  • “geo-”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
  • “geo-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
  • “geo-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “geo-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

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Etymology

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Derived from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡɛo ]

Prefix

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geo-

  1. geo-

Derived terms

[edit] Czech terms prefixed with geo- geocentrický geofyzika geograf geografie geolog geologie geomagnetický geomagnetismus geopolitický

Further reading

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  • “geo-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • geo- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Prefix

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geo-

  1. geo-
Dutch terms prefixed with geo- geodeet geograaf geologie geoloog geomorfologie geopolitiek geothermie geothermisch

Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English geo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeo-/, [ˈɡe̞o̞-]

Prefix

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geo-

  1. (usually in loanwords) geo-

Derived terms

[edit] Finnish terms prefixed with geo- geodiversiteetti geodynamiikka geofysiikka geofyysikko geofyysinen geohydrologi geoinformatiikka geokemia geokoodi geokorona geokätkentä geokätkö geologi geologia geologinen geolääketiede geomagnetismi geomorfologi geopoliittinen geopolitiikka geopolymeeri geostatiikka geostationaarinen geostatistiikka geostrateginen geosynkroninen geotekniikka geotekninen geotekstiili geotektoniikka geotiede geotieteilijä

Anagrams

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  • ego

German

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡeo/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Prefix

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geo-

  1. geo- (global, pertaining to the Earth, pertaining to geography) ‎geo- + ‎Politik (“politics”) → ‎Geopolitik (“geopolitics”) ‎geo- + ‎Wissenschaften (“sciences”) → ‎Geowissenschaften (“geoscience”)

Derived terms

[edit] German terms prefixed with geo- Geobiologie Geobotanik geochemisch geodynamisch Geograph Geographie Geologie geometrisch geomorphologisch Geophysik geopolitisch Geosphäre geostationär geostrategisch geothermisch Geowissenschaften geowissenschaftlich geozentrisch

Further reading

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  • “geo-” in Duden online
  • “geo-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɛo]

Prefix

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geo-

  1. geo-

Derived terms

[edit] Hungarian nouns prefixed with geo- geofizika

References

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  1. ^ 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

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch geo-, from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡeo̯]
  • Hyphenation: géo

Prefix

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géo

  1. geo-:
    1. Earth Synonyms: bumi, tanah
    2. geography

Derived terms

[edit] Category Indonesian terms prefixed with geo- not found

Further reading

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  • “geo-”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Prefix

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geo-

  1. geo- (Earth)

Derived terms

[edit] Irish terms prefixed with geo- bithgheoiceimic geoiceimic geoiceimiceach geocróineolaíocht geocrónaiméadracht disgeoiginiúil eoigeoiginiúil geolaíocht geoifisic geografaíocht geoiméadracht geotrópacht

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛ.o/
  • Hyphenation: gè‧o-

Prefix

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geo-

  1. geo-
[edit] Italian terms prefixed with geo- geoambientale geobiocenosi geobiologia geobotanica geobotanico geocentrico geocentrismo geochimica geochimico geocinesi geocronologia geocronologico geocronometria geocronometro geodato geodinamica geodinamico geoeconomia geoeconomico geoelettricità geoelettrico geofagia geofinanza geofisica geofisicamente geofisico geometride geoglaciologia geognostico geografo geoingegneria geolinguistica geolocalizzazione geologia geologo geomagnetico geomagnetismo geomante geomanzia geomatematica geomateriale geomeccanica geomeccanico geomedicina geometrico geomorfologia geoide geopaleontologia geopaleontologico geopedologia geopedologico geopolitica geopoliticamente geopolitico geopotenziale georeferenziazione georisorsa geoscienza geosfera geosinclinale geosincrono geosinonimo geostatica geostatistica geostazionario geostoria geostrategico geostratigrafia geotecnica geotermale geotermia geotermico geotettonica geotropico geotropismo
  • geocarpo
  • geofauna
  • geoflora
  • geofono
  • geognosia
  • geogonia
  • geografotogrammetria
  • geolunare
  • geominerario
  • geonemia
  • geoscopio
  • geosolare
  • geostereoplastica
  • geotassia
  • geotessile
  • geotritone

See also

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  • terra

Anagrams

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  • Ego, ego, ego-, goe

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɛ.ɔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɔ
  • Syllabification: ge‧o-

Prefix

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geo-

  1. geo- ‎geo- + ‎-logia → ‎geologia

Derived terms

[edit] Polish terms prefixed with geo- biogeocenologia geocentryzm geochemia geofizyka geografia geoida geometria geopolityka

Further reading

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  • geo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʒɛ.o/, /ˌʒe.o/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌʒɛ.ɔ/
  • Hyphenation: ge‧o-

Prefix

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geo-

  1. geo- (Earth) ‎geo- + ‎climático → ‎geoclimático
  2. geo- (geography) ‎geo- + ‎política → ‎geopolítica

Derived terms

[edit] Portuguese terms prefixed with geo- geobloquear geobloqueio geoclimático geofísica geofísico geolocalização geolocalizador geolocalizar geologia geólogo geomorfologia geopolítica geopoliticamente geopolítico geoquímica geoquimicamente geoquímico georreferenciação georreferenciamento

Further reading

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  • “geo-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
  • “geo-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xeo/ [xe.o]
  • Syllabification: ge‧o-

Prefix

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geo-

  1. geo-

Derived terms

[edit] Spanish terms prefixed with geo- geoarqueología geobloquear geobloqueo geobotánica geobotánico geocentrismo geociencia geoclimático geocronología geoeconomía geoeconómico geoeconomista geoestacionario geoestratégico geófago geofiltro geofísica geofísico geolocalización geolocalizador geolocalizar geología geólogo geomancia geomembrana geomorfología geoparque geopolítica geopolíticamente geopolítico geoquímica geoquímico georreferenciar georregión geositio geotécnico geotermal geotextil

Further reading

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  • “geo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

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Prefix

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geo-

  1. geo-; pertaining to the Earth

Derived terms

[edit] Swedish terms prefixed with geo- geocentrisk geofysik geografi geolog geologi geometri geopolitik geopolitisk geoteknik geoteknisk geovetare geovetenskap

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