tetra-
four
Greek · tettares (τέτταρες)
Greek téttares means "four". Tetra- builds words about four: a tetrahedron has four faces, a tetragon four sides, a tetralogy is a set of four works, a tetrapod has four limbs.
Memory trick
TETRA sounds like "TET-ra": a TETRis block has four squares.
Words from this root
- tetrahedron (tetra + hedron) — solid with four facesचतुष्फलक
- tetrahedral (tetra + hedral) — shaped like a tetrahedronचतुष्फलकीय
- tetragon (tetra + gon) — shape with four sidesचतुर्भुज
- tetragonal (tetra + gon + al) — four-sidedचार भुजाओं वाला
- tetralogy (tetra + logy) — set of four related worksचार रचनाओं की शृंखला
- tetrapod (tetra + pod) — animal with four limbsचौपाया
- tetrameter (tetra + meter) — verse line of four feetचार पदों वाली पंक्ति
- tetrarch (tetra + arch) — ruler of a fourth partचौथाई राज्य का शासक
- tetrad (tetr + ad) — a group of fourचार का समूह
- tetracycline (tetra + cycline) — an antibiotic with four ringsटेट्रासाइक्लिन