"-ità" meaning in Italian

See -ità in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From earlier Italian -itade ~ -itate, from Latin -itātem. Etymology templates: {{dercat|it|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{m|it|-itade}} -itade, {{m|it|-itate}} -itate, {{inh|it|la|-itas|-itātem}} Latin -itātem Head templates: {{it-noun|f|#}} -ità f (noun-forming suffix, invariable)
  1. used to form abstract nouns that correspond to English words ending in -ity or -ness Tags: feminine, invariable, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ità-it-suffix-Q8llW1Bz

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for -ità meaning in Italian (1.0kB)

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