"ronna-" meaning in English

See ronna- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ˈɹɒn.ə/ [General-American]
Etymology: Blend of r (an arbitrarily chosen initial letter) + Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”) + -a (to match the final letter of the SI prefixes from mega- upwards). Coined by Richard J. C. Brown and adopted by the General Conference on Weights and Measures in 2022 as an expansion to the metric prefixes beyond 10^(±24). Some popular unofficial terms already in use were hella-, bronto- and xenna-, but terms beginning with the same letters as existing prefixes were considered undesirable, as were as those beginning with common scientific letters such as b or x. Richard J. C. Brown suggested that the new terms begin with r and q, due to their rarity as unit symbols, and that the trends followed by the other prefixes be continued: that they be based on Latin or Greek; that large prefixes end with -a and small prefixes end with -o; that they should be in corresponding large and small pairs; and that the first letters of each prefix should be in reverse alphabetical order (as has been the case for the newer prefixes). He therefore suggested ronna- and ronto- (evoking Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa) and Latin novem (“nine”)), and quecca- and quecto- (evoking Ancient Greek δέκα (déka) and Latin decem (“ten”)), because as 10²⁷ and 10³⁰ when written have nine and ten groups of zeroes, respectively. These were adopted, with quecca- changed to quetta-. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|r|ἐννέα|-a|lang2=grc|pos1=an arbitrarily chosen initial letter|pos3=to match the final letter of the SI prefixes from mega- upwards|t2=nine}} Blend of r (an arbitrarily chosen initial letter) + Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”) + -a (to match the final letter of the SI prefixes from mega- upwards), {{coinage|en|Richard J. C. Brown|nobycat=1|w=-}} Coined by Richard J. C. Brown, {{m|en|hella-}} hella-, {{m|en|bronto-}} bronto-, {{m|en|xenna-}} xenna-, {{m|en|b}} b, {{m|en|x}} x, {{m|en|r}} r, {{m|en|q}} q, {{m|en|-a}} -a, {{m|en|-o}} -o, {{m-self|en|ronna-}} ronna-, {{m-self|en|ronto-}} ronto-, {{m+|grc|ἐννέα}} Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa), {{m+|la|novem||nine}} Latin novem (“nine”), {{m|en||quecca-}} quecca-, {{m-self|en|quecto-}} quecto-, {{m+|grc|δέκα}} Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), {{m+|la|decem||ten}} Latin decem (“ten”), {{m|en||quecca-}} quecca-, {{m-self|en|quetta-}} quetta-, {{2022 SI prefixes}} Coined by Richard J. C. Brown and adopted by the General Conference on Weights and Measures in 2022 as an expansion to the metric prefixes beyond 10^(±24). Some popular unofficial terms already in use were hella-, bronto- and xenna-, but terms beginning with the same letters as existing prefixes were considered undesirable, as were as those beginning with common scientific letters such as b or x. Richard J. C. Brown suggested that the new terms begin with r and q, due to their rarity as unit symbols, and that the trends followed by the other prefixes be continued: that they be based on Latin or Greek; that large prefixes end with -a and small prefixes end with -o; that they should be in corresponding large and small pairs; and that the first letters of each prefix should be in reverse alphabetical order (as has been the case for the newer prefixes). He therefore suggested ronna- and ronto- (evoking Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa) and Latin novem (“nine”)), and quecca- and quecto- (evoking Ancient Greek δέκα (déka) and Latin decem (“ten”)), because as 10²⁷ and 10³⁰ when written have nine and ten groups of zeroes, respectively. These were adopted, with quecca- changed to quetta-. Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} ronna-, {{en-prefix}} ronna-
  1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10²⁷ (a short scale octillion or long scale quadrilliard). Symbol: R Wikipedia link: General Conference on Weights and Measures, metric prefix Tags: morpheme Synonyms: hella-, bronto- (alt: brontobyte) Synonyms (none are standard): xenna- Translations (SI prefix): 容- (jung⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 容- (róng-) (Chinese Mandarin), ronna- (Dutch), rona- (Esperanto), ronna- (Finnish), ロナ (rona) (Japanese), ронна- (ronna-) (Russian), รอนนะ- (rɔɔn-ná) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-ronna--en-prefix-VbJ8ENhX Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header

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      "roman": "rɔɔn-ná",
      "sense": "SI prefix",
      "word": "รอนนะ-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ronna-"
}

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