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See also: Appendix:Variations of "olo"
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɔlo
- Hyphenation: -ò‧lo
- Note: terms formed with this suffix are invariably stressed on the penultimate.
Suffix
[edit]-olo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -oli, feminine -ola)
- used to form a diminutive of a masculine noun, indicating small size or youth
Suffix
[edit]-olo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ola, masculine plural -oli, feminine plural -ole)
- used to form an adjective expressing derivation from a root noun
- campagna (“countryside”) -olo → campagnolo (“rural”)
- montagna (“mountain”) -olo → montagnolo (“highlander”)
- used to form demonyms
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Latin -ulus. Compare adjectives piccolo and ridicolo.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /o.lo/
- Hyphenation: -o‧lo
- Note: terms formed with this suffix are invariably stressed on the antepenultimate.
Suffix
[edit]-olo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -oli, feminine -ola)
- denotes small size or petty nature
Etymology 3
[edit]Depending on the meaning, from the ending of alcol (“alcohol”) or a learned borrowing from Latin oleum (“oil”). Doublet of olio.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɔlo
- Hyphenation: -ò‧lo
- Note: terms formed with this suffix are invariably stressed on the penultimate.
Suffix
[edit]-olo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -oli)
- (organic chemistry) -ol (forming the names of alcohols and phenols)
- (organic chemistry) composed with an oil or oil-like substance
- (organic chemistry) indicating a heterocycle that is not an alcohol and does not have an oil (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- used to form many product names of chemicals and pharmaceuticals (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-olō
Categories:
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔlo
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔlo/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian suffixes
- Italian noun-forming suffixes
- Italian countable suffixes
- Italian masculine suffixes
- Italian diminutive suffixes
- Italian adjective-forming suffixes
- Italian terms borrowed from Latin
- Italian learned borrowings from Latin
- Italian doublets
- it:Organic chemistry
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin suffix forms