"dia-" meaning in English

See dia- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Ancient Greek prefix δια- (dia-), from διά (diá, “through, across, by, over”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{m|grc|δια-}} δια- (dia-), {{m|grc|διά||through, across, by, over}} διά (diá, “through, across, by, over”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefixes}} dia-
  1. through, across Tags: morpheme Synonyms: trans-, para-, per-
    Sense id: en-dia--en-prefix-dKN00-lz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 75 25
  2. between Tags: morpheme Synonyms: inter-, mid- Translations (Translations): dia- (French), dia- (Indonesian), dia- (Polish)
    Sense id: en-dia--en-prefix--7J~vcT0 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: diabetes, diabotanum, diacaryon, diacopraegia, diagnosis, diagonal, dialog[ue], dialysis, diamagnetic, diaphragm, diapositive, dielectric

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for dia- meaning in English (2.1kB)

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