-itzar
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
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Borrowed from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -ejar, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [iˈd͡za]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [iˈzaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Suffix
[edit]-itzar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -itzo, first-person singular preterite -itzí, past participle -itzat)
- added to the stem of a noun or adjective to form a verb meaning “to give something the character of” the root noun or adjective: -ize
- urbà (“urban”) + -itzar → urbanitzar (“urbanize”)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-itzar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “-itzar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Categories:
- Catalan terms derived from Late Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Catalan terms borrowed from Late Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Catalan doublets
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)
- Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)/2 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan suffixes
- Catalan verb-forming suffixes
- Catalan first conjugation verbs