"-opoli" meaning in Italian

See -opoli in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈɔ.po.li/
Rhymes: -ɔpoli Etymology: Back-formation from Tangentopoli, which was formed from tangente (“kickback”) + -poli (“city”), but was reanalyzed by journalists to produce a suffix analogous to English -gate. Etymology templates: {{back-form|it|Tangentopoli}} Back-formation from Tangentopoli, {{m|it|tangente||kickback}} tangente (“kickback”), {{m|it|-poli||city}} -poli (“city”), {{noncog|en|-gate}} English -gate Head templates: {{head|it|suffix|g=f}} -opoli f
  1. -gate (used to form names of scandals) Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--opoli-it-suffix-rXr0Pe5c

Download JSON data for -opoli meaning in Italian (1.4kB)

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "Tangentopoli"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from Tangentopoli",
      "name": "back-form"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "tangente",
        "3": "",
        "4": "kickback"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "city"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-gate"
      },
      "expansion": "English -gate",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from Tangentopoli, which was formed from tangente (“kickback”) + -poli (“city”), but was reanalyzed by journalists to produce a suffix analogous to English -gate.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "-opoli f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-ò‧po‧li"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Let's end the competitiongate for the journalists in public entities.",
          "ref": "2012, Antonio Giangrande, Concorsopoli ed esamopoli: Concorsi pubblici ed esami di Stato",
          "text": "Fermiamo la concorsopoli per i giornalisti negli enti pubblici.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "-gate (used to form names of scandals)"
      ],
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        [
          "-gate",
          "-gate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔ.po.li/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔpoli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-opoli"
}
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      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "Tangentopoli"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from Tangentopoli",
      "name": "back-form"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "tangente",
        "3": "",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "city"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-gate"
      },
      "expansion": "English -gate",
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    }
  ],
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
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        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "-opoli f",
      "name": "head"
    }
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    "-ò‧po‧li"
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        "Italian 3-syllable words",
        "Italian feminine suffixes",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian suffixes",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Italian terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɔpoli",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɔpoli/3 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Let's end the competitiongate for the journalists in public entities.",
          "ref": "2012, Antonio Giangrande, Concorsopoli ed esamopoli: Concorsi pubblici ed esami di Stato",
          "text": "Fermiamo la concorsopoli per i giornalisti negli enti pubblici.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-gate (used to form names of scandals)"
      ],
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        [
          "-gate",
          "-gate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔ.po.li/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔpoli"
    }
  ],
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}

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