yotta-

See also: yotta and yöttä

English

SI prefix

Y	Previous:	zetta-
	Next:	ronna-

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”), for the eighth order of 10³. The consonants ct are reduced to tt as in Italian, by analogy with peta-; the final a conforms to the finals vowel of the SI series from mega- upwards; the letter y was added, as the second term in a series running through the alphabet backwards (from zetta-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɒtə/

Prefix

yotta-

1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10²⁴ (a short scale septillion or long scale quadrillion). Symbol: Y

Antonyms

• yocto-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with yotta-

• yobi-

Translations

SI prefix

• Bulgarian: йота- (jota-)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 堯-／尧- (jiu⁴)

  Mandarin: 堯-／尧- (zh) (yáo-) (mainland China), 堯它-／尧它- (yáotā-) (mainland China), 佑- (zh) (yòu-) (Taiwan)

• Dutch: yotta- (nl)
• Esperanto: jota-
• Finnish: jotta- (fi)
• French: yotta- (fr)
• Galician: yotta- (gl)
• Greek: γιοττα- (giotta-)
• Indonesian: yota-
• Japanese: ヨタ-
• Korean: 요타- (yota-)
• Latvian: jota-
• Malay: yota-
• Russian: йотта- (ru) (jotta-)
• Spanish: yotta-
• Thai: ยอตตะ- (yɔ́ɔt-tà)

See also

• (terms previously proposed to be the next prefix): bronto- (brontobyte), hella-, xenna-

Further reading

• yotta- on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Tayto, toaty

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Prefix

yotta-

1. yotta-

Category Dutch terms prefixed with yotta- not found

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ.ta/

• Audio (Vosges):

  (file)

Prefix

yotta-

1. yotta-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with yotta-

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English yotta-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌjɔ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌjɔ.tɐ/

Prefix

yotta-

1. yotta- (prefix of the International System of Units, with the symbol Y, which is equivalent to multiplying the unit affected by it by 10²⁴)