Pronunciation

a ∼ as in: apple, average
ah ∼ as in : calm, father, onward
ahr ∼ as in : art, dark
air ∼ as in : bare, fare
aw ∼ as in : fall, jaw
ay ∼ as in : pain, tray
b ∼ as in : box
cae ∼ as in : said
cea ∼ pronounced as : " Sea ah "
ch ∼ as in : chubby
coc ∼ pronounced as : "koh"
d ∼ as in : dear
e ∼ as in : egg, set
ec ∼ as in : echo
ee ∼ as in : easy, me, fee
eer ∼ as in : beer, tier
f ∼ as in : fat, leaf
g ∼ as in : get, gale
h ∼ as in : hope
i ∼ as in : if, with or fight, night
j ∼ as in : jam, magic
k ∼ as in : call, kill
ks ∼ as in : extra
kw ∼ as in : quiet, quiver
l ∼ as in : live, ball
m ∼ as in : map
n ∼ as in : not
ng ∼ as in : hang, fang, sing
oh ∼ as in : float, go
oo ∼ as in : boot, too
oo ∼ as in : book, foot
oor ∼ as in : tour, fore, sore
or ∼ as in : worn,torn
ow ∼ as in : howl, ouch
oy ∼ as in : toy, oil
p ∼ as in : posh, pot
r ∼ as in : reason, rink
s ∼ as in : sew, send
sh ∼ as in : should, shelf
t ∼ as in : set, tilt
th ∼ as in : bath, think
th ∼ as in : then
u ∼ as in : cup, up
uh ∼ as in : uh
ur ∼ as in : purr
v ∼ as in : value
w ∼ as in : wife
y ∼ as in : you
z ∼ as in : zone
zh ∼ as in : leisure, pleasure

Prefixes & Suffixes

"a-" means : not, without example : atypical
"ab-" means : from, away example : abnormal
"acantho-" means : spine example : Acanthocephala
"-ad-" means : to, toward example : dorsad, adhere
"albi-" means : white example : albicans
"-algia" means : pain example : neuralgia
"ambyl-" or "amblyo" means : blunt example : Amblyocera
"amphi, ambi" means round, or both sides example : amphibian, amphitheater, ambivalent
"amyl-" means : starch example : amylopsin
"an-" means : not, without example : anhydrous
"ana-" means : up, upon example : anabolism
"ancylo-" means : bent example : ancylostoma
"angio-" means : vessel example : angiocarditis
"ante-" means : before, in front of example : anterior
"anti-" or "ant" means : against, opposed to example :
"apo-" means : off, from, away from example : apoplexy
"aqua-" means : water example : aquatic
"-ase" means : designating an enzyme example : amylase
"auto-" means : self example : autosuggestion
"batracho-" means : Greek for frog
"bi-" means : two, twice example : biceps, bifocal
"bio-" means : life example : biology
"brachy-" means : short example : brachycardia
"brady-" means : slow example : bradycardia
"calor-" means : heat example : calorie
"-cara" means : head example : Toxocara
"-cardia-" means : heart example : bradycardia
"-cephalus" means : head example : Ctenocephalides
"-cera" means : horn example : brachycera
"-cerca" means : tail example : Onchocerca
"cerebro-" means : brain example : cerebrospinal
"chrom-" means : color example : chromosome
"-cidal" means : killing example : bacteriocidal
"corpus-" means : body example : corpuscle
"cteno-" means : like a cockle example : Ctenocephalides
"-cyst" means : bladder example : oocyst (In most scientific uses, it is pertaining to the bladder as a little sack that holds fluids or other things)
"-cyte, cyto-" means : cell example : cytoplasm
"-dermic" means : skin example : hypodermic
"di-" means : two, twice example : dichromic
"dia-" means : through, between example : diaphragm
"dys-" means : bad, difficult example : dyspepsia
"ecto" means : outer example : ectoparasites
"-ectomy" means : cut out example : appendectomy
"em-, en-, endo-" means : in, into example : embolism, endoskeleton
"-emia" means : blood example : anemia
"endo" means : internal example : endoparasites
"entero-" means : intestine example : enterokinase
"epi-" means : on, above, upon example : epiphyte
"erythro-" means : red example : erythrocyte
"-fer-" means : to carry, to transport example : afferent
"-fract-" means : to break example : fracture
"-gastro-" means : stomach example : pneumogastric
"-gen-" means : to produce, to begin example : genetic, glycogen
"-glosso-" means : tongue example : hypoglossal
"glyc-" means : glucose, sugar example : glycosuria
"-gnath-" means : jaw, cheek example : gnathostoma
"-helminth" means : worm example : anthelminthic
"hemo-" means : blood example : hemorrhage
"hetero-" means : different, other example : heterozygous
"homo-" means : alike, same example : homozygous
"hydro-" means : water example : hydrolytic
"hyper-" means : over, more than example : hypersecretion
"hypo-" means : under, less than example : hyposecretion
"-iasis" means : infestation example : onchocerciasis
"inter-" means : between, together example : intercostal
"intra-" means : within example : intrathoracic
"ir-" means : not example : irregular
"ischn" or "ischno" means : long, thin example : Ischnocera
"-itis" means : inflammation example : appendicitis
"kata-, cata-" means : down example : catatonic
"kin-" means : to move or to activate example : kinetic
"-lac-" means : milk example : lactose, prolactin
"leuco, leuko" means : white example : leucocyte
"litho-" means : stone example : Lithodytes
"lymph-, lympho-" means : lymph example : lymphocyte
"-lysin, -lysis, -lytic" means : dissolve, destroy example : hemolysis
"macro-" means : large example : macrophage (A Macrophage is a large immune system cell-like structure that flows through blood and is sent out as 'warrior' to kill infection. When you see a scab, it is actually macrophages that gave their 'life' to kill infection and create the covering/protective scab.)
"maculatum" means : spotted example : abystoma maculatum
"-meter" means : measure example : thermometer
"micro-" means : small example : microorganism
"mono-" means : one example : monocyte
"myo-" means : muscle example : myosin
"nema-" means : thread example : nematode
"neur-" means : relating to the nerves example : neurilemma
"nephr-" means : kidneys example : nephritis
"-ology" means : science, knowledge example : biology
"-oid" means : like example : lymphoid
"-ole" means : small example : bronchiole
"-oma" means : swelling, tumor example : sarcoma
"oncho-" means : hook example : Onchocerca
"onco-" means : mass, bulk example : oncosphere
"oo-" means : egg example : oocyst
"-opia" means : sight example : myopia
"-osis" means : condition or process example : cyanosis
"os-, oste-, osteo-" means : bone example : osteology
"ovi-" means : egg example : ovipositor
"para-" means : near, by, beside example : parathyroid
"patho-" means : disease, suffering example : pathology
"around, near" means : around, near example : pericardium
"phago-" means : to eat example : phagocyte
"-phil-" means : loving example : basophil
"-plasm-" means : substance example : cytoplasm
"platy-" means : broad example : Platyhelminthes
"-pnea" means : breathing example : dyspnea
"pneumo-" means : air, lungs example : pneumonia
"-ped" means : foot example : pseudoped
"poly-" means : many example : polysaccharide
"post-" means : after, behind example : postganglionic
"pro-" means : before, giving rise to example : proenzyme
"proprio-" means : one's own example : proprioceptors
"pseudo-" means : false example : pseudoped
"physco-" means : mind example : psycology
"pulmo-" means : lung example : pulmonary
"-renal" means : kidney example : adrenal
"rhino" means : nose, nasal example : Rhinophrynidae
"rrhea" means : flow example : diarrhea
"sarco-" means : flesh, muscle example : sarcoplasm
"soma-" means : body example : somatic cell
"-some" means : body example : chromosome
"stoma-" means : mouth example : anyclostoma
"-strongyle" means : cylinder example : trichostrongylus
"-thrombo-" means : clot, coagulation example : thrombosis
"-tode" means : like example : nematode
"-tome, -tomy" means : to cut example : tonsillectomy
"toxi-, toxo-" means : poison example : toxin
"trans" means : through, to go across example : transport
"tricho-" means : hair-like example : trichostrongylus
"-trophic" means : feeding example : autotrophic
"tropic" means : attached to example : phototropic
"-ule" means : small example : saccule
"-uria" means : pertains to urine example : glycosuria
"-uris" means : tail example : trichuris
"vaso-" means : pertaining to blood vessel example : vasodilation

For more prefixes/suffixes, Jessica has a great Latin learning website: MSU.EDU

Useful Links

Learn more indepth information about our language and it's rtoots at: Minimal Greek Elements

Translate your basic thoughts into Latin from English or vice-versa: Latin to English Translator

free hit counter

Search this Website    Glossary    Frog Animations Frogsongs   Tadpole Development     Links    Frogcare   Frog feeding   Vivarium   Vivarium plants     Water 101    Frog RX Care    Raising Feeder Insects   Quarantine   Breeding Frogs   Rainchamber     Tadpole Care     The Frog Pond News     Frog Conservation    Anuran Parental Care    Science Pronunciation, Suffixes & Prefixes  Froggy Fun Stuff     Website by JonnieMasters.com