-ote
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ote"
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek -ωτά (-ōtá), neuter plural of -ωτός (-ōtós), verbal adjective from the stem of -όω (-óō, denominal verb suffix). Related to translingual -ota.
Suffix
[edit]-ote
Usage notes
[edit]Often equivalent to -ate for Ancient Greek bases. It is also often used for members of genera formed with translingual -ota.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Champenois
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ote f (masculine -ot)
- female equivalent of -ot
Esperanto
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ote
- future adverbial passive participle of -i
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ote m or f
- suffix indicating provenance
Derived terms
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ote f
- female equivalent of -ot
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Catalan -ot, from Latin -ottus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ote m (noun-forming suffix, plural -otes, feminine -ota, feminine plural -otas)
- forms augmentatives, i.e. words expressing greatness or size
- forms pejoratives, i.e. words emphasizing contempt for a subject
- forms demonyms
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-ote”, 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
Categories:
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- en:Biology
- Champenois terms with IPA pronunciation
- Champenois lemmas
- Champenois suffixes
- Champenois feminine suffixes
- Champenois female equivalent nouns
- Champenois diminutive suffixes
- Esperanto 2-syllable words
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/ote
- Esperanto non-lemma forms
- Esperanto participles
- Esperanto adverbial participles
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- French masculine suffixes
- French feminine suffixes
- French suffixes with multiple genders
- French female equivalent nouns
- Spanish terms borrowed from Catalan
- Spanish terms derived from Catalan
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ote
- Rhymes:Spanish/ote/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish suffixes
- Spanish noun-forming suffixes
- Spanish countable suffixes
- Spanish masculine suffixes
- Spanish augmentative suffixes
- Spanish pejorative suffixes