tetra-

See also: tetra and tétra-

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Etymology

From combining form of Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares), τέσσαρες (téssares, four).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛtɹə/

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tetra-

  1. four.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 665: [cf. -latry]
      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

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tetra-

  1. tetra-

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