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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin .

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -o

Suffix[edit]

 m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ons)

  1. forms diminutives of nouns
    castell (castel) + ‎ → ‎Castelló (city in Valencia)
    mitja (stocking) + ‎ → ‎mitjó (sock)

Suffix[edit]

(adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ona, masculine plural -ons, feminine plural -ones)

  1. forms diminutives of adjectives
    petit + ‎ → ‎petitó

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese -oo, from Latin -olus, and extension of -lus. Cognate with Spanish -uelo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

 m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ós)

  1. (archaic) forms a diminutive or related noun, usually from masculine nouns
    Synonyms: -elo, -iño, -olo
    faceira (cheek) + ‎ → ‎faceiró (pillow)

Derived terms[edit]

From

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Related terms[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix[edit]

  1. (present-participle suffix) -ing (added to a verb to form the present participle)
    olvas (to read) + ‎ → ‎olvasó (reading)
    Hol van az olvasószemüvegem?Where are my reading glasses?
Usage notes[edit]
  • (present-participle suffix) Variants:
    is added to back-vowel verbs
    is added to front-vowel verbs

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix[edit]

  1. (diminutive suffix) Added to a shortened form of a noun to derive a diminutive noun.
    Katalin (Catherine)Kató (Cathy)
Usage notes[edit]
  • (diminutive suffix) Variants:
    is added to back-vowel verbs
    is added to front-vowel verbs
Derived terms[edit]

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Likely influenced by ending of loanwords such as e.g. limbó, lottó, lúdó, póló (all names of games), as well as shortened words such as bíó (from Danish bio, a clipping of biograf), which already had -ó- (-o-) in them before being shortened. Perhaps derived from English -o. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Needs more on different semantic categories and parts of speech, e.g. proper names and adjectives; a timeline of developments would also be nice

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

 n

  1. (informal) a suffix used to create colloquial shortenings, usually consisting of the first syllable of the word + (these can be nouns, adjectives, and, more rarely, adverbs)

Derived terms[edit]

nouns

adjectives

adverbs

interjections

Slovincian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ. Compare Kashubian -ów, Polish -ów.

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

  1. forms possessive adjectives from nouns
    Synonym: -yn

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Further reading[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *-āut, from Latin -āvit. Compare Galician and Portuguese -ou.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈo/ [ˈo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification:

Suffix[edit]

  1. a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative preterite of a verb in -ar