periodo

From per- +‎ iodo-.

periodo (not comparable)

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 (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Describing a derivative in which all hydrogen atoms have been replaced by iodine

Borrowed from English period, French période, German Periode, Italian periodo, Polish period, Russian пери́од (períod) and Lithuanian periodas,^[1] all from Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περῐ́οδος (perĭ́odos). First attested in 1889.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /periˈodo/

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

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

2. period, age (a duration containing notable or distinctive events, ranging from years to centuries)
   • 2025 November 12, Thomas Bormann, “La nekredebla viv-historio de Dany Dattel”, in uea.facila‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 December 2025:

     Dum tiu periodo en Germanio regis la nazioj.

     The Nazis controlled Germany during that time period.

• punkto (“period, full stop”)

• periodo (disambiguation) on Wikidata.Wikidata

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

• IPA^(key): /pe.riˈo.do/

periodo (plural periodi)

1. period (of time)

• periodala

• epoko
• tempo

periodo (plural periodos)

1. period (segment of time)

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

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

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

• periodicamente
• periodicità
• periodico
• periodizzare

periodō

1. dative/ablative singular of periodus

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

periodo m (plural periodos)

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

• “periodo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025