-ón
See also: Appendix:Variations of "on"
Ligurian
Etymology
From Latin -ōne(m), accusative of -ō (3rd declension noun suffix).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ón m (plural -oìn, feminine -ónn-a)
- Emphasizes that something is large, grand, intense, important
- Used with a verb stem to form agent nouns
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Probably from the ending of Latin words belonging to the Third Declension (-ō, -ōnem), used sometimes to change the sense or usage of original term. In this case, Spanish -on would be cognate to Portuguese -ão, Italian -one and French -on, compare Romanian -oi.
Suffix
-ón m (feminine -ona, plural -ones, feminine plural -onas)
- emphasizes that something is large, grand, intense, important
- indicates that someone or something has large attributes, or larger than usual
- for few cases, indicates that something is used wrong or frequently (forming adjectives and or nouns)
- boca + -ón → bocón (“big-mouth, big-mouthed, boastful”)
- emphasizes contempt for subject
- forms a noun from a different (usually larger) but related or similar one
- suffixed to verbs, doing something repeatedly or often
- for very few cases, indicates small size of or a lack of something (such as an ironic augmentative)
- pelo + -ón → pelón (“with little or no hair”)
- rabo + -ón → rabón (“with little or no tail”)
- rata (“rat”) + -ón → ratón (“mouse”)
- tapa + -ón → tapón (“cork, stopper, a little cover or lid”)
- monte + -ón → montón (“heap, pile, a "little mountain"”); although its origin may be a comparison with a little mountain of something, it also means "big amount"
Usage notes
- The suffix produces adjectives or nouns.
- Some Spanish words ending with this suffix have neither a Latin nor a Greek etymology, but an Arabic one:
- Many Spanish words end with -on (lacking a written accent, being always paroxytone), but most of those cases is an inflection for the third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes) preterite indicative form of a verb:
See also
Etymology 2
From the ending of latinized terms of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek words belonging to the Third Declension, applied in the Middle Modern Age to form scientific terms.
Suffix
-ón
- (chemistry) ending of every chemical element belonging only to the noble gases group, except helium (in spanish helio)
- (nuclear physics) ending of most or every subatomic particle
Usage notes
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