Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Prefix see also: affix Meaning Example a- not atypical ab- ac- acro- adeno- aero- agro- an- andro- anemo- Anglo- English Anglo-German relations ante- before antenatal, (before, birth) anthro- relating to man anthropomorphic anti- against anti-European, antisocial auto- self autobiography baro- bi- two bicycle, bilingual, bimonthly biblio- relating to books bibliography bio- relating to life biotechnology blasto- brady- brom- broncho- caco- cardio- cent-, centi- hundred centenary, centimeter cephalo- circum- around to circumnavigate (to sail around) cito- co- together copilot, to coexist, cooperation colpo- con- with, together context contra- against, opposite to contradict, to contraflow cosmo- counter- against, opposite counterrevolution, counterproductive crino- crio- cripto- croma- crono- dactilo- de- taking something away, the opposite to defrost, to decentralize deci- one tenth deciliter demo- dermo- di- didacta dinamo dis- reverse, opposite to displease, to disembark domo- doxo- eco- ecto- edafo- electro- embrio- encephalo- endo- entero- epi- ergo- eritro- eroto- esclero espasmo- esperma- esphero- esphigmo- espleno- esquizo- estafilo- estilo- estomato- ethno- eu- Euro- European Euro-MP (member of the European Parliament) ex- former ex-wife, ex-president exo- extra- very, more than usual, outside, beyond extra-thin, extra-special extraordinary, extraterrestrial fore- before, in advance, foreground, forehead to foretell, foreword in-, il-, im-, ir- not incorrect, invalid, illegible, immoral, impatient, impossible, irregular, irrelevant inter- between, from oneto another international, interracial kilo- thousand kilogram, kilowatt maxi- most, very large maximum mega- million, very large megabyte, megastar micro- one millionth, very small microgram, microorganism mid- in the middle of mid-afternoon, mid-air milli- thousanth milligram, milliliter mini- small miniskirt, minibus, miniseries mis- bad or wrong, not to misunderstand, to misbehave, to miscalculate mono- one, single monolingual, monorail multi- many multilingual non- not nonsense, non-resident, non-smoker non- nine nonabyte, none, nonagon out- more, to  a  greater degree to outdo, to outrun over- more than normal, too much to overeat, to oversleep, to overestimate post- after postwar pre- before prepaid, preview pro- for, in favour of pro-European, pro-democracy quad- four quadruple, quadruplet re- again to rewrite, to rebuild semi- half semicircle, semidetached sub- below, less than, under subzero, subsonic, subway, subtitles super- extremely, more than superhuman, supersonic tele- far, over  a  long distance telecommunications, television, telephoto lens trans- across, though transatlantic, transcontinental tri- three triangle, tricolor ultra- extremely, beyond  a  certain limit ultra-modern, ultraviolet un- not, opposite, take something away uncertain, uncomfortable, unsure, to undo, to undress uni- one, single uniform This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.