-ola

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ola"

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊlə

Etymology 1

From Latin -ola, -ula, feminine form of -ulus, -lus (diminutive suffix).

Suffix

-ola

1. Used to form the names of several commercial companies and products.
2. (entertainment industry) Used to form pejorative terms associated with commercial bribery.
3. Used to form humorous and pejorative words.

Derived terms

• blogola
• boffola
• cashola
• crapola
• gayola
• granola
• hideola
• Motorola
• payola
• pianola
• plugola
• Shinola
• Victrola
• zipola

See also

• (commercial names at Wikipedia): Motorola, Moviola, Movieola, Pianola (in article on player pianos), Radiola, Shinola, Victrola

Etymology 2

From Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”).

Suffix

-ola

1. Used to form words relating to oil or oiliness

Derived terms

• Mazola
• canola

See also

• Crayola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AOL, LOA, Lao, Loa, OAL, loa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈo̞.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈɔ.la]

Suffix

-ola f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oles)

1. female equivalent of -ol

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -ola

banderola

batallola

beceroles

bestiola

boixerola

bruguerola

cassola

castanyola

catèrvola

cerviola

cirerola

corretjola

esteperola

farmaciola

fullola

gentola

ginestola

guardiola

lleterola

maçola

nouguerola

pallola

platjola

pomerola

rabassola

serverola

tovallola

xerrola

Galician

Etymology

From Latin -olus. Doublet of -oa, which is no longer productive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔlɐ]

Suffix

-ola f (noun-forming suffix, plural -olas)

1. indicates either a diminutive or sometimes a pejorative derived form

   ‎pixa (“penis”) + ‎-ola → ‎pirola (“dick”)

   ‎galiña (“hen”) + ‎-ola → ‎galiñola (“moorhen”)

Derived terms

From

Galician terms suffixed with -ola

arola

cachola

carapola

cazola

correola

cotorza

gaiola

galiñola

mariola

padiola

pichola

pirola

raiola

riola

tarañola

tarrañola

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Italian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin -ola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Hyphenation: -ò‧la
• Note: terms formed with this suffix are invariably stressed on the penultimate.

Suffix

-ola f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ole, masculine -olo, masculine plural -oli)

1. feminine of -olo

Suffix

-ola

1. feminine singular of -olo

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin -ula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.la/
• Hyphenation: -o‧la
• Note: terms formed with this suffix are invariably stressed on the antepenultimate.

Suffix

-ola f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ole, masculine -olo, masculine plural -oli)

1. feminine of -olo

Latin

Suffix

-ola

1. inflection of -olus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Suffix

-olā

1. ablative feminine singular of -olus

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin -oluslbor.

Portuguese -ola

Learned borrowing from Latin -olus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.lɐ/

Suffix

-ola m or f (noun-forming suffix, plural -olas)

1. indicates a diminutive, sometimes pejorative

   ‎sacho (“mattock (agricultural tool)”) + ‎-ola → ‎sachola (“light garden hoe”)

   ‎camisa (“shirt”) + ‎-ola → ‎camisola (“camisole”) (Brazil)

   ‎gabar (“to brag”) + ‎-ola → ‎gabarola (“braggart”)

   ‎gordo (“fat”) + ‎-ola → ‎gordola (“fattie”) (pejorative)

   ‎nerd (“nerd”) + ‎-ola → ‎nerdola (“no-life nerd”) (pejorative)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ola

aldeola

boiola

cachola

calçola

camisola

cantarolar

caranguejola

corriola

direitola

esquírola

gabarola

galinhola

grafonola

marola

mentirola

nerdola

pajola

pingola

portinhola

quartola

rabiola

randola

rapazola

sachola

sacola

Further reading

• “-ola”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “-ola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔɫa/

Suffix

-ola f

1. nominal suffix

Usage notes

• This suffix is only used in one word: mŕtvola, hence the genitive plural form -ôl is hypothetical.

Declension

Declension of -ola

	singular	plural
nominative	-ola	-oly
genitive	-oly	-ôl, -ol
dative	-ole	-olám
accusative	-olu	-oly
locative	-ole	-olách
instrumental	-olou	-olami

Derived terms

Slovak terms suffixed with -ola

mŕtvola