"-ame" meaning in Italian

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-āmen"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -āmen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-men"
      },
      "expansion": "-men",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin -āmen, an extended form of -men.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ami",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "-ame m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ami)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-à‧me"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "foglia (“leaf”) + -ame → fogliame (“foliage, leaves”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "bestia (“beast”) + -ame → bestiame (“livestock”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cultura (“culture”) + -ame → culturame (“pop culture (pejorative)”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "professore (“professor”) + -ame → professorame (“academia, professorship (pejorative)”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to form collective nouns from simple nouns, often with pejorative connotation"
      ],
      "id": "en--ame-it-suffix-VOPzJD~3",
      "links": [
        [
          "collective noun",
          "collective noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "pejorative",
          "pejorative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.me/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ame"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ame"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-āmen"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -āmen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-men"
      },
      "expansion": "-men",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin -āmen, an extended form of -men.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ami",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "-ame m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ami)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-à‧me"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 2-syllable words",
        "Italian countable suffixes",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian links with redundant target parameters",
        "Italian masculine suffixes",
        "Italian noun-forming suffixes",
        "Italian pejorative suffixes",
        "Italian suffixes",
        "Italian terms derived from Latin",
        "Italian terms inherited from Latin",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ame",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ame/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "foglia (“leaf”) + -ame → fogliame (“foliage, leaves”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "bestia (“beast”) + -ame → bestiame (“livestock”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cultura (“culture”) + -ame → culturame (“pop culture (pejorative)”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "professore (“professor”) + -ame → professorame (“academia, professorship (pejorative)”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to form collective nouns from simple nouns, often with pejorative connotation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "collective noun",
          "collective noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "pejorative",
          "pejorative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.me/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ame"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ame"
}