"-ellino" meaning in Italian

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Suffix

Forms: -ellini [plural]
Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} -ellino m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ellini)
  1. used as a diminutive to form nouns with an added meaning of small, little, short etc. Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ellino-it-suffix-KNvwOs7P

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ellini",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "-ellino m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ellini)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "gonna (“skirt”) + -ellino → gonnellino (“short skirt, kilt”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used as a diminutive to form nouns with an added meaning of small, little, short etc."
      ],
      "id": "en--ellino-it-suffix-KNvwOs7P",
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small#English"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little#English"
        ],
        [
          "short",
          "short#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ellino"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ellini",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "-ellino m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ellini)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian countable suffixes",
        "Italian diminutive suffixes",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine suffixes",
        "Italian noun-forming suffixes",
        "Italian suffixes",
        "Italian suffixes with red links in their headword lines"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "gonna (“skirt”) + -ellino → gonnellino (“short skirt, kilt”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used as a diminutive to form nouns with an added meaning of small, little, short etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small#English"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little#English"
        ],
        [
          "short",
          "short#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ellino"
}

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