periodo

See also: período

English

Etymology

per- +‎ iodo

Adjective

periodo (not comparable)

1. (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Describing a derivative in which all hydrogen atoms have been replaced by iodine

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian periodo, French période, English period, German Periode, Russian пери́од (períod), all from Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περῐ́οδος (períodos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [periˈodo]

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• Rhymes: -odo
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧o‧do

Noun

periodo (accusative singular periodon, plural periodoj, accusative plural periodojn)

1. period (of time)

See also

• punkto (“period, full stop”)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto periodo, English period, French période, German Periode, Italian periodo, Russian пери́од (períod), Spanish periodo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.riˈo.do/

Noun

periodo (plural periodi)

1. period (of time)

Derived terms

• periodala

See also

• epoko
• tempo

Interlingua

Noun

periodo (plural periodos)

1. period (segment of time)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, period of time, path around”), from περί- (perí-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈri.o.do/
• Rhymes: -iodo
• Hyphenation: pe‧rì‧o‧do

Noun

periodo m (plural periodi)

1. period, time, span, run
   1. (chemistry) period (in the periodic table)
   2. (physics) the time between successive peaks or troughs in a sinusoidal phenomenon
2. (astronomy) the time taken for a planet to orbit its star; year
3. moment
4. age, epoch (subdivision of an era)
5. season
6. (grammar) complex or compound sentence

   Synonym: frase complessa

Related terms

• periodicamente
• periodicità
• periodico
• periodizzare

Latin

Noun

periodō

1. dative/ablative singular of periodus

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾjodo/ [peˈɾjo.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -odo
• Syllabification: pe‧rio‧do

Noun

periodo m (plural periodos)

1. Alternative form of período (“period (of time)”)
2. period, menstrual cycle

Further reading

• “periodo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014