"-tore" meaning in Italian

See -tore in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈto.re/ Forms: -trice [feminine], -tori [masculine, plural], -trici [feminine, plural], -tori [plural], -trice [feminine], -ore [alternative]
Rhymes: -ore Etymology: From Latin -tōrem, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s. Cognate to French -eur, -teur, Spanish -dor, Sicilian -turi. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|-tor|-tōrem}} Latin -tōrem, {{inh|it|itc-pro|*-tōr}} Proto-Italic *-tōr, {{inh|it|ine-pro|*-tōr}} Proto-Indo-European *-tōr, {{cog|fr|-eur|-eur, -teur}} French -eur, -teur, {{cog|es|-dor}} Spanish -dor, {{cog|scn|-turi}} Sicilian -turi Head templates: {{it-adj}} -tore (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -trice, masculine plural -tori, feminine plural -trici), {{it-noun|m|f=+}} -tore m (noun-forming suffix, plural -tori, feminine -trice)
  1. added to verbs to form masculine nouns and adjectives from verbs with the sense of "person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, or having"; -er; -or Tags: masculine, morpheme Related terms: -sore (english: used with verbs ending in -dere)

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -tore meaning in Italian (3.0kB)

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