-izia

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈit.tsja/, [ˈit̪͡s̪ːjä]
• Hyphenation: -ì‧zia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin -itia, whence also Italian -ezza.

Suffix

-izia

1. Used to form female abstract nouns derived from adjectives, that correspond to English words ending in -ship or -ness, like furbizia (“cleverness”), from furbo (“sly”) or pigrizia (“lazyness”), from pigro (“lazy”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -izia

Etymology 2

Suffix

-izia

1. feminine singular of -izio