# geo-
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒiː.əʊ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US, Canada) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi.oʊ/
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒiː.əʉ/
* Rhymes: -iəʊ

### Prefix

geo-
* Earth
    Hypernym: planeto-
* geography

#### Derived terms

* geo-block
* geo-blocking
* geocaching
* geocentric
* geocontent
* geode
* geodesic
* geodesy
* geofabric
* geofence
* geofencing
* geographer
* geographic
* geographical
* geography
* geo-imputation
* geologer
* geological
* geologist
* geology
* geomancy
* geomap
* geomembrane
* geometer
* geometric
* geometrical
* geometry
* geo-military
* geomorphology
* geophysics
* geopolitical
* geopolitics
* geopressure
* geospatial
* geostationary
* geotechnical
* geotextile
* geothermal
* geotropism

#### See also

* helio- (the Sun), hermeo- (Mercury), geo- (the Earth), seleno- (the Moon), areo- (Mars), zeno- (Jupiter), crono- (Saturn), urano- (Uranus)

### Anagrams

* EOG, GOE, Goe, ego, ego-, goe

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).

### Prefix

geo-
* geo-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

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

## Czech
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡɛo ]

### Prefix

geo-
* geo-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

geo-
* geo-

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English geo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡeo-/, [ˈɡe̞o̞-]

### Prefix

geo-
* geo-

#### Derived terms
### Anagrams

* ego

## German
### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡeo/
* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

geo-
* geo- (global, pertaining to the Earth, pertaining to geography)
    ‎geo- + ‎Politik (“politics”) → ‎Geopolitik (“geopolitics”)
    ‎geo- + ‎Wissenschaften (“sciences”) → ‎Geowissenschaften (“geoscience”)

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “geo-” in Duden online
* “geo-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch geo-, from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡeo̯]
* Hyphenation: géo

### Prefix

géo
* geo-:
** Earth
    Synonyms: bumi, tanah
** geography

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “geo-” 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
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).

### Prefix

geo-
* geo- (Earth)

#### Derived terms
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌd͡ʒɛ.o/
* Hyphenation: gè‧o-

### Prefix

geo-
* geo-

#### Related terms

* geocarpo
* geofauna
* geoflora
* geofono
* geognosia
* geogonia
* geografotogrammetria
* geolunare
* geominerario
* geonemia
* geoscopio
* geosolare
* geostereoplastica
* geotassia
* geotessile
* geotritone

#### See also

* terra

### Anagrams

* Ego, ego, ego-, goe

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-).

### Pronunciation

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

### Prefix

geo-
* geo-
    ‎geo- + ‎-logia → ‎geologia

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* geo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌʒɛ.o/, /ˌʒe.o/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌʒɛ.ɔ/
* Hyphenation: ge‧o-

### Prefix

geo-
* geo- (Earth)
    ‎geo- + ‎climático → ‎geoclimático
* geo- (geography)
    ‎geo- + ‎política → ‎geopolítica

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

From Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xeo/ [xe.o]
* Syllabification: ge‧o-

### Prefix

geo-
* geo-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “geo-”, 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

geo-
* geo-; pertaining to the Earth