Prefixes Denoting Number

Semi (L) half Semicircle, semi-finalist,

Hemi (Gr) Semicolon
semi-weekly
Hemisphere, hemicycle
Hemidemisemiquaver (64lük nota)

Uni (L) One, same Uniform

Mono (Gr) unison (same pitch of voice), unilateral,
unicum (unique to its kind)
unicameralism, universe, university
monograph (deep analysis on a subject)
monotonous, monoplane, monism, Monaco

Bi (L) Two, double Bilateral, bigamy, bicentenary, biweekly, billion

Di (Gr) – du – two
Diameter, dichromatic, dilemma, diphthong, divide, divorce,
digamy (after divorce or one’s death)
didactyl
dilogy (speech having two meanings)
Didim (twin temples)

Tri (L and Gr) Three Trireme (ship with three oars)

Trilogy, trio, trilingual, trinity, triplet, tripartite, trillion, triplex,
tripod, triennial
Triumvirate (three political leader)
Tertiary (3th degree)
Trivium and Quadrivum (courses taught in university; rhetoric
spk., grammar, dialectics vs. Music, astronomy, arithmetic,
geography)
Quadr (L) Four Quadrangle, quartet(te), quadrillion, quarter,
Tetra (Gr) Quadraphonic (four loud speakers)
Quatrain (4lük)
Tetrahedron (four seat)
Tetrameter
Tetrachord (four string)

Quinque, Quint (L) Five Quintuple, quintuplicate, quintuplets (five copies)

Penta (Gr) Quintet, quintillion, quinquennial
Çinko! (covering 5 squares in bingo)
Pentagon (five angles)
Pentameter (five feet)
Pentachord, pentagram
Pentathlon (five branches of athletics)
Persian : penç, pençe, Punjab (five rivers)
Punch, five, finger, fist

Sex (L) six Sextet, sextuple, sextillion

Hexa (Gr) Hexameter, hexagon
Sept (L) seven September
Hepta (Gr)
Octo (L) eight October
Octa/octo (Gr) Octopus, octave
Octane: shows the quality of petrol

Nona, novem (L) nine November, nonuplet

Ennea (Gr) Ennead (a group of nine)
Deç (L) ten Decimal (take one tenth of...)
Deca (Gr) Decimate, December, decade, ten, decillion, decuplets
Decalogue (ten commands of Bible)
Tithe (tax of one tenth of smo’s income/ aşar)
Decameron (ten days)
Dekanos-dean-dekan
Doudec (L) twelve Duodenum,
Dodeca (Gr) Dodecanese (twelve Islands)
Dodecasyllabic, dodecaphony

Triskaideka (Gr) thirteen Triskaidekaphobia

Cent (L) hundred Centenary (-ian)
Hecto (Gr) Hectare, hectometre
Mill (L) Thousand Millennium, mille-feuille,
Kilo (Gr)