-ona

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ona"

Catalan

Suffix

-ona f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ones, masculine -ó, masculine plural -ons)

1. forms diminutives or hypocoristic terms

   ‎Maria + ‎-ona → ‎Mariona

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈona/
• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: o‧na

Suffix

-ona

1. marks fractions

   ‎kvar (“four”) + ‎-ona → ‎kvarona (“quarter, fourth”)

   ‎du (“two”) + ‎-ona → ‎duona (“half”)

Derived terms

Esperanto terms suffixed with -ona

duona

kvarona

kvinona

triona

See also

• Esperanto terms suffixed with -ono

Garo

Etymology

From -o + -na.

Suffix

-ona

1. (inflectional suffix) forms the lative case

See also

• -ni (“forms genitive”)
• -na (“forms dative”)
• -chi (“forms instrumental”)
• -no (“forms locative”)

Italian

Suffix

-ona f sg

1. female equivalent of -one

   ‎insalata (“salad”) + ‎-ona → ‎insalatona (“salad as main course”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -ona

bestemmiona

facciona

finocchiona

insalatona

mangiona

nociona

parolona

ragazzona

sbrisolona

tettona

vecchiona

verdona

voltona

zitona

Anagrams

• -ano, ano, noa

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• -ōna:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [oː.na]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.na]
• -ōnā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [oː.naː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.na]

Suffix

-ōna f (genitive -ōnae); first declension

1. Used to form names or epithets of female deities

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-ōna	-ōnae
genitive	-ōnae	-ōnārum
dative	-ōnae	-ōnīs
accusative	-ōnam	-ōnās
ablative	-ōnā	-ōnīs
vocative	-ōna	-ōnae

Synonyms

• -īna, -ōnia

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ona

Abeona

Adeona

Angerona

Bubona

Intercidona

Mellona

Orbona

Pomona

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• -onene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːna/, /ˈɔna/

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• Rhymes: -uːna, -ɔna
• Hyphenation: -on‧a

Suffix

-ona

1. definite plural form of -on

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Syllabification: -o‧na

Suffix

-ona

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of -ony

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.nɐ/

Suffix

-ona f sg

1. feminine of -ão
2. female equivalent of -ão
3. (organic chemistry) -one

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ona

batatona

carona

esfregona

festona

mesona

mulherona

putona

rabona

telona

valona

Descendants

• Macanese: -óna, -róna

Spanish

Suffix

-ona f (noun-forming suffix, plural -onas)

1. female equivalent of -ón
2. (organic chemistry) -one

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ona

agachona

bordona

casona

chanchona

derechona

hidrocodona

litrona

mujerona

pupusona

putona

reinona

Further reading

• “-ón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024