# bio-
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbaɪˌəʊ/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈbaɪˌoʊ/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (Canada) IPA: /ˈbaɪˌoʊ/, [ˈbaɪˌoː]
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈbɑɪˌəʉ/, /ˈbɑɪɐʉ/
* (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈbaɪˌɐʉ/

### Prefix

bio-
* life
    Antonym: thanato-
* organic life
* biological
    biochild; biodad; biofamily; biofather; biokid; biomom; biomother; bioparent; biosib; biosibling; bioson

#### Derived terms

* abiotic
* antibiotic
* probiotic
* symbiosis

#### Related terms

* biota

#### Translations
### See also

* (animal life in particular): zoo-

### Anagrams

* BOI, Boi, IBO, IOB, Ibo, boi, obi

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈi]

### Prefix

bio-
* bio-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “bio-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “bio-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “bio-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “bio-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɪjo ]

### Prefix

bio-
* bio-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “bio-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* bio- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

## Danish
### Prefix

bio-
* bio- (concerning or associated with life)

#### Derived terms
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbi.oː/
* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

bio-
* (pertaining to) life

#### Derived terms
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbio]
* Rhymes: -io
* Hyphenation: bi‧o

### Prefix

bio-
* bio-
    ‎bio- + ‎genezo (“genesis”) → ‎biogenezo (“biogenesis”)
    ‎bio- + ‎kemio (“chemistry”) → ‎biokemio (“biochemistry”)
    ‎bio- + ‎diverseco (“diversity”) → ‎biodiverseco (“biodiversity”)
    ‎bio- + ‎industrio (“industry”) → ‎bioindustrio (“bioindustry”)
    ‎bio- + ‎maso (“mass”) → ‎biomaso (“biomass”)
    ‎bio- + ‎sintezo (“synthesis”) → ‎biosintezo (“biosynthesis”)
    ‎bio- + ‎tekniko (“technique”) → ‎biotekniko (“biotechnique”)

#### Derived terms
## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English bio-), ultimately from Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbio-/, [ˈbio̞-]

### Prefix

bio-
* bio-

#### Derived terms
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bjo/
* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

bio-
* life

#### Derived terms
### See also

* bio

### Further reading

* “bio-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

### Prefix

bio-
* bio-

#### Derived terms

From

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

bio-
* life
* organically produced, or otherwise environmentally friendly

#### Derived terms

* Antibiotikum
* Biochemie
* Bioenergetik
* Biologie
* Bionik
* Biosphäre
* Biotechnologie
* Symbiose
* Biobauer
* Biogas
* Bioladen

#### See also

* öko-

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbijo]

### Prefix

bio-
* (noun prefix) bio- (pertaining to life)

#### Derived terms
### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bio-, French bio-, German bio-, Italian bio-, Spanish bio-, Portuguese bio-, French bio-, Portuguese bio-, English bio-, Russian био- (bio-), all ultimately from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bio/

### Prefix

bio-
* (neologism) bio-
    ‎bio- + ‎kemio (“chemistry”) → ‎biokemio (“biochemistry”)

#### Derived terms
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek βιο- (bio-), combining form and stem of βίος (bíos, “life”).

### Prefix

bio-
* bio-: (organic) life

#### Derived terms
### References

* “bio-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Prefix

bio-
* Alternative form of bith-, used before a broad T.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “biot-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Italian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

### Prefix

bio-
* bio- (life)

#### Derived terms

* antibiotico
* biocenosi
* biochimica
* biochimico
* bioclimatologia
* biodegradazione
* biodiversità
* biofisica
* biogenesi
* biogenetica
* biogeocenosi
* biografia
* bioindicatore
* biologia
* biomassa
* bionica
* bioritmo
* biosfera
* biosintetizzare
* biotico
* simbiosi

### See also

* -bio

### Anagrams

* obi

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”), either from *gʷih₃wós (“alive, living”), with the suffix *-wós, or from βίοτος (bíotos, “life”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ or *gʷih₃-etos (“life”), both from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

### Prefix

bio-
* bio-

### References

* “bio-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

### Prefix

bio-
* bio-

### References

* “bio-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bjɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔ
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Prefix

bio-
* bio-
    ‎bio- + ‎geografia → ‎biogeografia

#### Derived terms
### See also

* -biont, -bioza

### Further reading

* bio- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos). Doublet of zoo-.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌbi.o/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bjɔ/

### Prefix

bio-
* bio- (indicates life)

#### Derived terms
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).

### Prefix

bio-
* bio-

#### Related terms

* -bio

### Further reading

* “bio-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Prefix

bio-
* bio-; pertaining to life

#### Derived terms
## Welsh
### Etymology

From English bio-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌbiː.ɔ/

### Prefix

bio-
* bio-
    ‎bio- + ‎amrywiaeth (“variety, diversity”) → ‎bioamrywiaeth (“biodiversity”)
    ‎bio- + ‎cemeg (“chemistry”) → ‎biocemeg (“biochemistry”)
    ‎bio- + ‎diraddio (“to degrade”) → ‎bioddiraddio (“to biodegrade”)
    ‎bio- + ‎-leg (“-logy”) → ‎bioleg (“biology”)

#### Derived terms
### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bio-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies