"-rama" meaning in English

See -rama in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: A libfix, a modification of -orama, influenced by diorama and panorama, and thus indirectly derived from Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāma, “sight, spectacle”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|-orama}} -orama, {{m|en|diorama}} diorama, {{m|en|panorama}} panorama, {{der|en|grc|ὅρᾱμᾰ|t=sight, spectacle}} Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāma, “sight, spectacle”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffixes}} -rama
  1. Alteration of -orama, used in suffixing a word ending with an r or vowel sound. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--rama-en-suffix-S0JqhfMA Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Derived forms: Cinerama, futurama, Glamarama, as a nickname for Tamarama Beach, in NSW, Australia, Dollarama, rifferama, music characterized by heavy riffing, voterama, vote-a-rama, a kind of voting session in the US Senate, a voting registration event

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