-ola

See also: ola, Ola, olá, óla, olà, Óla, olā, and öla

English

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

terms derived using -ola

• boffola
• payola
• cashola

• pianola
• plugola
• crapola
• granola

See also

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

• Canola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Crayola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AOL, LOA, Lao, Loa, OAL, loa

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Latin

Suffix

1. nominative feminine singular of -olus
2. nominative neuter plural of -olus
3. accusative neuter plural of -olus
4. vocative feminine singular of -olus
5. vocative neuter plural of -olus

Suffix

1. ablative feminine singular of -olus

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin -olus.

Suffix

-ola

1. indicates a diminutive, sometimes pejorative

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ola

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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