-icare

it-verb

-icàre (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ico, first-person singular past historic -icài, past participle -icàto, auxiliary avére)

-icàre (canonical)
-ico (first-person present singular)
-icài (first-person historic past singular)
-icàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
-icàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
-icàndo (gerund)
-icànte (participle present)
-icàto (participle past)
-ico (first-person indicative present singular)
-ichi (indicative present second-person singular)
-ica (indicative present singular third-person)
-ichiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
-icàte (indicative plural present second-person)
-icano (indicative plural present third-person)
-icàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
-icàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
-icàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
-icavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
-icavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
-icàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
-icài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
-icàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
-icò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
-icàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
-icàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
-icàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
-icherò (first-person future indicative singular)
-icherài (future indicative second-person singular)
-icherà (future indicative singular third-person)
-icherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
-icheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
-icherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
-icherèi (conditional first-person singular)
-icherésti (conditional second-person singular)
-icherèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
-icherébbe (conditional singular third-person)
-icherémmo (conditional first-person plural)
-icheréste (conditional plural second-person)
-icherèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
-icherébbero (conditional plural third-person)
-ichi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-ichi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-ichi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-ichiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-ichiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-ichino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-icàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
-icàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
-icàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
-icàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
-icàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
-icàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
-ica (imperative second-person singular)
-ichi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-ichiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
-icàte (imperative plural second-person)
-ichino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
non -icàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
non -ichi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
non -ichiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
non -icàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
non -ichino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From the Latin verb ending -icāre. By surface analysis, -ic(o) (“-ic”, adjective-forming derivational suffix) + -are (verbal suffix).

surf

neve (“snow”) + -icare → nevicare (“to snow”)

decuplo (“tenfold, decuple”) + -icare → decuplicare (“to tenfold, decuple”)

-ify; used to derive verbs related to a root noun or adjective


-izio

it-adj

-izio (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -izia, masculine plural -izi, feminine plural -izie)

-izia (feminine)
-izi (masculine plural)
-izie (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin -icius, -īcius. Depending on the source, doublet of -eccio or -iccio.

used to form relational adjectives from nouns


-nauta

it-noun

-nauta m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, masculine plural -nauti, feminine plural -naute)

-nauti (masculine plural)
-naute (feminine plural)


-azzo

-azzo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -azzi)

Variant of the suffix -accio, from Latin -āceus.

amore (“love”) + -azzo → amorazzo (“superficial, dishonest love”)

pupo (“small child; puppet”) + -azzo → pupazzo (“puppet”)

coda (“tail”) + -azzo → codazzo (“throng (of following people)”)


-azzare

it-verb

-azzàre (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -àzzo, first-person singular past historic -azzài, past participle -azzàto, auxiliary avére)

-azzàre (canonical)
-àzzo (first-person present singular)
-azzài (first-person historic past singular)
-azzàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
-azzàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
-azzàndo (gerund)
-azzànte (participle present)
-azzàto (participle past)
-àzzo (first-person indicative present singular)
-àzzi (indicative present second-person singular)
-àzza (indicative present singular third-person)
-azziàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
-azzàte (indicative plural present second-person)
-àzzano (indicative plural present third-person)
-azzàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
-azzàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
-azzàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
-azzavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
-azzavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
-azzàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
-azzài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
-azzàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
-azzò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
-azzàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
-azzàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
-azzàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
-azzerò (first-person future indicative singular)
-azzerài (future indicative second-person singular)
-azzerà (future indicative singular third-person)
-azzerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
-azzeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
-azzerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
-azzerèi (conditional first-person singular)
-azzerésti (conditional second-person singular)
-azzerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
-azzerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
-azzerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
-azzeréste (conditional plural second-person)
-azzerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
-azzerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
-àzzi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-àzzi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-àzzi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-azziàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-azziàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-àzzino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-azzàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
-azzàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
-azzàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
-azzàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
-azzàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
-azzàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
-àzza (imperative second-person singular)
-àzzi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-azziàmo (first-person imperative plural)
-azzàte (imperative plural second-person)
-àzzino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
non -azzàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
non -àzzi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
non -azziàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
non -azzàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
non -àzzino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From -azzo + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

af

s- + copia (“copy, imitation”) + -azzare → scopiazzare (“to badly copy or imitate”)

s- + correre (“to run”) + -azzare → scorrazzare (“to run about”)

a- + vino (“wine”) + -azzare + -si → avvinazzarsi (“to drink large amounts of wine”)

used to form verbs with frequentative and intensifying value, usually with a pejorative connotation


-onimo

From Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).


-atico

it-adj

-atico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -atica, masculine plural -atici, feminine plural -atiche)

-atica (feminine)
-atici (masculine plural)
-atiche (feminine plural)

Most likely inherited from Latin -āticus. Doublet of -aggio, from Old Occitan or Old French.
Etymological notes
This suffix was traditionally seen as a borrowing from Latin, as it was believed that -āticus would be expected to develop into *-acco via syncope of the post-tonic vowel (such as in freddo < frigidus); furthermore, most words formed with this suffix are learned terms, such as problematico (← problēmaticus).
However, the claim that *-acco is the regular reflex of -āticus is unwarranted; Fleischman (citing E. L. Dawson) notes that "a thorough examination of Medieval Latin and Italian texts has not only failed to produce a single example in *-acco, but also discovered none showing syncope of the posttonic vowel between a dental and a velar". She also adduces a solid core of non-learned formations using -atico, such as lugliatico (< Medieval Latin iūliāticus).

iniziare (“to initiate”) + -atico → iniziatico (“initiatory”)

magma + -atico → magmatico (“magmatic”)

used to derive adjectives with a meaning of “of, pertaining to”


-iatria

it-noun

-iatria f (noun-forming suffix, plural -iatrie)


-dici

approximately equivalent to -teen (used to form cardinal numbers from 11 to 16)


-tipia

From Ancient Greek -τυπία (-tupía), derived from τύπος (túpos, “text”).

used to derive nouns indicating printing methods; -type


-iccio

it-adj

-iccio (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iccia, masculine plural -icci, feminine plural -icce)

it-noun

-iccio m (noun-forming suffix, plural -icci)

-iccia (feminine)
-icci (masculine plural)
-icce (feminine plural)
-icci (plural)

Inherited from Latin -īcius. Doublet of -izio, which was borrowed.

malato (“sick”) + -iccio → malaticcio (“sickly”)

bruno (“brown”) + -iccio → bruniccio (“dull brown”)

a slightly diminutive-pejorative suffix used to form adjectives and nouns, denoting approximation

massa + -iccio → massiccio (“massive, solid”)

fatto + -iccio → fatticcio (“big, strong, robust (rare)”)

(no longer productive, rare) forms relational adjectives

appiccato + -iccio → appiccaticcio

levato + -iccio → levaticcio

attaches to past participles to form adjectives meaning “-able”, “prone to”, “characterized by”, or similar; sometimes forms nouns


-iccia

head

-iccia f (plural -icce, masculine -iccio)

From Latin -īciam, the accusative feminine singular of -īcius.

A slightly diminutive-pejorative suffix used to form adjectives and nouns, denoting approximation.


-poli

From Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).

used with a stem to create city names; -polis

used with a stem to create names denoting a large conglomerate of people or things


-icello

it-noun

-icello m (noun-forming suffix, plural -icelli, feminine -icella)


-cella

-cella f (noun-forming suffix, plural -celle)


-erello

-erello m (noun-forming suffix, plural -erelli, feminine -erella)


-erella

used with female nouns to form diminutives; female equivalent of -erello


-icella

-icella f (noun-forming suffix, plural -icelle, masculine -icello)

used with female nouns to form diminutives; female equivalent of -icello


-acchio

-acchio m (noun-forming suffix, plural -acchi)

Inherited from Latin -āculum. Partly from the Latin instrument noun suffix -culum in cases where it was attached to first-conjugation verb stems ending in -ā-. Partly from the Latin diminutive suffix -ulus in cases where it was attached to noun stems ending in -āc- (e.g. loquāculus ← loquāx).

spaurare (“to scare”) + -acchio → spauracchio (“scarecrow”)

used to derive nouns with an instrumental connotation

orso (“bear”) + -acchio → orsacchio (“young or small bear”)

used to derive nouns with a diminutive connotation


-acchio

it-adj

-acchio (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -acchia, masculine plural -acchi, feminine plural -acchie)

-acchia (feminine)
-acchi (masculine plural)
-acchie (feminine plural)

verde (“green”) + -acchio → verdacchio (“greenish”)

used to derive adjectives with an attenuative connotation


-acchiotto

it-noun

-acchiotto m (noun-forming suffix, plural -acchiotti)

From -acchio (diminutive suffix) + -otto (diminutive suffix) = -acchiotto (double diminutive suffix).

suf

orso (“bear”) + -acchiotto → orsacchiotto (“bear cub”)

fesso (“fool (person)”) + -acchiotto → fessacchiotto (“little fool”)

lupo (“wolf”) + -acchiotto → lupacchiotto (“wolf cub”)

volpe (“fox”) + -acchiotto → volpacchiotto (“fox cub”)

used to derive diminutive (actually, double diminutive) nouns, usually with a connotation of endearment


-acchiare

it-verb

-acchiàre (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -àcchio, first-person singular past historic -acchiài, past participle -acchiàto, auxiliary avére)

-acchiàre (canonical)
-àcchio (first-person present singular)
-acchiài (first-person historic past singular)
-acchiàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
-acchiàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
-acchiàndo (gerund)
-acchiànte (participle present)
-acchiàto (participle past)
-àcchio (first-person indicative present singular)
-àcchi (indicative present second-person singular)
-àcchia (indicative present singular third-person)
-acchiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
-acchiàte (indicative plural present second-person)
-àcchiano (indicative plural present third-person)
-acchiàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
-acchiàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
-acchiàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
-acchiavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
-acchiavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
-acchiàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
-acchiài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
-acchiàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
-acchiò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
-acchiàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
-acchiàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
-acchiàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
-acchierò (first-person future indicative singular)
-acchierài (future indicative second-person singular)
-acchierà (future indicative singular third-person)
-acchierémo (first-person future indicative plural)
-acchieréte (future indicative plural second-person)
-acchierànno (future indicative plural third-person)
-acchierèi (conditional first-person singular)
-acchierésti (conditional second-person singular)
-acchierèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
-acchierébbe (conditional singular third-person)
-acchierémmo (conditional first-person plural)
-acchieréste (conditional plural second-person)
-acchierèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
-acchierébbero (conditional plural third-person)
-àcchi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-àcchi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-àcchi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-acchiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-acchiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-àcchino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-acchiàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
-acchiàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
-acchiàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
-acchiàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
-acchiàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
-acchiàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
-àcchia (imperative second-person singular)
-àcchi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-acchiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
-acchiàte (imperative plural second-person)
-àcchino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
non -acchiàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
non -àcchi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
non -acchiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
non -acchiàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
non -àcchino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From -acchio (diminutive suffix) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

suffix

bruciare (“to burn”) + -acchiare → bruciacchiare (“to scorch”)

rubare (“to steal”) + -acchiare → rubacchiare (“to pilfer”)

used with verbs to derive verbs with attenuative, diminutive, frequentative and pejorative connotation


-ucolo

head

-ucolo m (plural -ucoli, feminine -ucola)

Perhaps from Latin -ūculus, enlarged form of -culus. Doublet of -ucchio.

paese (“town”, “village”) + -ucolo → paesucolo (“hamlet”, “small village”)

used with nouns to derive diminutives with a pejorative connotation


-ucchio

Perhaps from Latin -ūculus (syncopated to a Vulgar Latin form *-uclus), enlarged form of -culus. Doublet of -ucolo.

(rare) used with nouns to derive diminutives with a pejorative connotation


-ucola

-ucola f (plural -ucole, masculine -ucolo)

used with feminine nouns to derive diminutives with a pejorative connotation


-opoli

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.

Fermiamo la concorsopoli per i giornalisti negli enti pubblici.

2012, Antonio Giangrande, Concorsopoli ed esamopoli: Concorsi pubblici ed esami di Stato:

Let's end the competitiongate for the journalists in public entities.


-spermia

From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “semen”) + -ia (abstract noun suffix).

used to derive abstract nouns denoting a connection with semen or sperm


-gione

From earlier *-cione, from Latin -tiōnem.

(obsolete, no longer productive) alternative form of -zione


-igno

it-adj

-igno (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -igna, masculine plural -igni, feminine plural -igne)

-igna (feminine)
-igni (masculine plural)
-igne (feminine plural)

Confluence of Latin -īneus and -ignus. Compare Sicilian -ignu.


-onzolo

From an infix -onzo- + -olo (“diminutive suffix”).

latte (“milk”) + -onzolo → lattonzolo (“suckling pig”)

used with nouns to express a diminutive and pejorative connotation


-dattilia

it-noun

-dattilia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -dattilie)

macro- (“macro-, long, large”) + -dattilia → macrodattilia (“macrodactylia”)

sclero- (“sclero-, hard”) + -dattilia → sclerodattilia (“sclerodactyly”)

used to form abstract nouns pertaining to the digits or fingers; -dactyly, -dactylia


-dermia

-dermia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -dermie)

From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) + -ia.

sclero- (“sclero-”) + -dermia → sclerodermia (“scleroderma”)

Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”) + -dermia → tassidermia (“taxidermy”)


-nomio

Back-formation from binomio (“binomial”), from Latin nōmen (“name, noun”).


-icchiare

it-verb

-icchiàre (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ìcchio, first-person singular past historic -icchiài, past participle -icchiàto, auxiliary avére)

-icchiàre (canonical)
-ìcchio (first-person present singular)
-icchiài (first-person historic past singular)
-icchiàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
-icchiàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
-icchiàndo (gerund)
-icchiànte (participle present)
-icchiàto (participle past)
-ìcchio (first-person indicative present singular)
-ìcchi (indicative present second-person singular)
-ìcchia (indicative present singular third-person)
-icchiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
-icchiàte (indicative plural present second-person)
-ìcchiano (indicative plural present third-person)
-icchiàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
-icchiàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
-icchiàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
-icchiavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
-icchiavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
-icchiàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
-icchiài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
-icchiàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
-icchiò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
-icchiàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
-icchiàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
-icchiàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
-icchierò (first-person future indicative singular)
-icchierài (future indicative second-person singular)
-icchierà (future indicative singular third-person)
-icchierémo (first-person future indicative plural)
-icchieréte (future indicative plural second-person)
-icchierànno (future indicative plural third-person)
-icchierèi (conditional first-person singular)
-icchierésti (conditional second-person singular)
-icchierèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
-icchierébbe (conditional singular third-person)
-icchierémmo (conditional first-person plural)
-icchieréste (conditional plural second-person)
-icchierèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
-icchierébbero (conditional plural third-person)
-ìcchi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-ìcchi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-ìcchi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-icchiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-icchiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-ìcchino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-icchiàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
-icchiàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
-icchiàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
-icchiàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
-icchiàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
-icchiàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
-ìcchia (imperative second-person singular)
-ìcchi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-icchiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
-icchiàte (imperative plural second-person)
-ìcchino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
non -icchiàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
non -ìcchi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
non -icchiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
non -icchiàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
non -ìcchino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

bere (“to drink”) + -icchiare → bevicchiare (“to drink often or excessively”)

used to derive verbs with a frequentative connotation

dormire (“to sleep”) + -icchiare → dormicchiare (“to doze”)

campare (“to live, to get by”) + -icchiare → campicchiare (“to scrape by, to barely get by”)

used to derive verbs with a diminutive connotation


-engo

it-adj

-engo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -enga, masculine plural -enghi, feminine plural -enghe)

it-noun

-engo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -enghi)

-enga (feminine)
-enghi (masculine plural)
-enghe (feminine plural)
-enghi (plural)


-pessia

orchido- (“testicle”) + -pessia → orchidopessia (“orchidopexy”)


-ptosi

From Ancient Greek πτῶσις (ptôsis, “lowering”).

der

used to derive words pertaining to lowering or falling


-rrea

From Ancient Greek -ρροια (-rrhoia), derived from διάρροια (diárrhoia), akin to ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).


-otico

From Latin -ōticus, from Ancient Greek -ωτικός (-ōtikós).


-ucchiare

used to form verbs with an attenuative or pejorative sense


-stico

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -στιχος (-stikhos), στίχος (stíkhos).


-blastico

it-adj

-blastico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -blastica, masculine plural -blastici, feminine plural -blastiche)

-blastica (feminine)
-blastici (masculine plural)
-blastiche (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek βλαστικός (blastikós).


-clastia

From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken, fractured”).


-plasto

Derived from Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós, “creator”).


-genetico

-genic (producing or generating something)


-iglia

it-noun

-iglia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -iglie)

From Latin -īlĭa, plural neuter of -īlis.

fango (“mud”) + -iglia → fanghiglia (“mire”)

squadra (“team”) + -iglia → squadriglia (“squadron”)

used to form collective and pejorative nouns


-iglio

-iglio m (noun-forming suffix, plural -igli)


-igia

-igia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ige)

Borrowed from French -ise, from Old French -ise, from Latin -itia. Cognate with -ezza and -izia.

-ise (suffix used in loanwords from French to form abstract nouns of quality or function)


-eide

-eide f (noun-forming suffix, plural -eidi)

pensione (“pension”) + -eide → pensioneide (“pension reform”)

ricatto (“blackmail”) + -eide → ricatteide (“blackmail tactics”)

added to nouns to form jocular collective nouns


-gero

Borrowed from Latin -ger, from gerō (“to carry, to bear”).

forms adjectives meaning “-bearing, -carrying” from nouns


-tecio

From Ancient Greek θηκίον (thēkíon), diminutive of θήκη (thḗkē, “box, chest”).

(botany) indicates a hollow organ containing reproductive cells


-itare

facile (“easy”) + -itare → facilitare (“to facilitate”)

nobile (“noble”) + -itare → nobilitare (“to ennoble”)

seguire (“to follow”) + -itare → seguitare (“to carry on”)

used to form verbs, sometimes iterative, from adjectives or other verbs


-soma

(chiefly biology, noun combining form) body; -some


-igiano

it-adj

-igiano (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -igiana, masculine plural -igiani, feminine plural -igiane)

it-noun

-igiano m (noun-forming suffix, plural -igiani, feminine -igiana)

-igiana (feminine)
-igiani (masculine plural)
-igiane (feminine plural)
-igiani (plural)
-igiana (feminine)
-egiano (alternative archaic)

From a Vulgar Latin development of Latin -ēnsis + -iānum. Compare Italian -ese, -iano, both relation-forming suffixes. Compare Sicilian -icianu and Sicilian -isanu.

Marche + -igiano → marchigiano (“resident of Marche”)

Parma + -igiano → parmigiano (“resident of Parma”)

forms nouns and adjectives indicating geographical origin

parte (“part”) + -igiano → partigiano (“partisan”)

arte (“art”) + -igiano → artigiano (“artisan”)

forms nouns and adjectives indicating social position or occupation


-coria

From Ancient Greek χωρέω (khōréō, “I spread”).


-iciattolo

it-noun

-iciattolo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -iciattoli)

mostro (“monster”) + -iciattolo → mostriciattolo (“little monster”)

libro (“book”) + -iciattolo → libriciattolo (“bad little book”)

used to form diminutive nouns, with a derogatory connotation


-atto

-atto m (noun-forming suffix, plural -atti, feminine -atta)

cerbia (“hind (deer)”) + -atto → cerbiatto (“fawn, brocket”)

mulo (“mule”) + -atto → mulatto (“mulatto”)


-arello

-arello m (noun-forming suffix, plural -arelli)

soldo (“cent”) + -arello → soldarello (“little bit of money”)

filo (“string”) + -arello → filarello (“spinning wheel”)


-cerco

From Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).


-foresi

From Ancient Greek φόρησις (phórēsis, “the act of bearing”) or φόρεσις (phóresis, “the act of bearing”), both from φορέω (phoréō, “to bear”).


-ficare

it-verb

-ficàre (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -fico, first-person singular past historic -ficài, past participle -ficàto, auxiliary avére)

-ficàre (canonical)
-fico (first-person present singular)
-ficài (first-person historic past singular)
-ficàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
-ficàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
-ficàndo (gerund)
-ficànte (participle present)
-ficàto (participle past)
-fico (first-person indicative present singular)
-fichi (indicative present second-person singular)
-fica (indicative present singular third-person)
-fichiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
-ficàte (indicative plural present second-person)
-ficano (indicative plural present third-person)
-ficàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
-ficàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
-ficàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
-ficavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
-ficavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
-ficàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
-ficài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
-ficàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
-ficò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
-ficàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
-ficàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
-ficàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
-ficherò (first-person future indicative singular)
-ficherài (future indicative second-person singular)
-ficherà (future indicative singular third-person)
-ficherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
-ficheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
-ficherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
-ficherèi (conditional first-person singular)
-ficherésti (conditional second-person singular)
-ficherèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
-ficherébbe (conditional singular third-person)
-ficherémmo (conditional first-person plural)
-ficheréste (conditional plural second-person)
-ficherèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
-ficherébbero (conditional plural third-person)
-fichi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-fichi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-fichi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-fichiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-fichiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-fichino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-ficàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
-ficàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
-ficàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
-ficàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
-ficàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
-ficàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
-fica (imperative second-person singular)
-fichi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-fichiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
-ficàte (imperative plural second-person)
-fichino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
non -ficàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
non -fichi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
non -fichiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
non -ficàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
non -fichino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Latin -ficāre, apophonic compound form of faciō (“to do, make”).


-fillo

From Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).


-fugo

vermi (“worms”) + -fugo → vermifugo (“vermifuge”)

zanzare (“mosquitos”) + -fugo → zanzarifugo (“mosquito repellent”)

used to form a noun that removes, exterminates, or expels; -fuge

centro (“center”) + -fugo → centrifugo (“centrifuge”)

used to form a noun that is moved away from


-peto

centro (“center”) + -peto → centripeto (“centripetal”)

base (“base”) + -peto → basipeto (“basipetal”)

used to indicate motion or tendency towards; -petal


-itade

it-noun

-itade f (noun-forming suffix, plural -itadi)

From earlier -itate, from Latin -itātem with voicing of the second /-t-/. Reduced to -ità in modern Italian via apocope. Compare Old Italian -itude > modern -Italian -itù. Compare soccida for a different output.

(Old Italian) used to form abstract nouns that correspond to English words ending in -ity or -ness


-ə

it-adj

-ə (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ə or (less commonly) -ɜ)

it-noun

-ə n (noun-forming suffix, usually invariable, plural (less commonly) -ɜ)

-ə (plural)
-ɜ (plural uncommon)
-ɜ (plural uncommon)

From the use of this symbol as a neutral vowel in other languages and transcription systems.

Near-synonym: -o/a

ragazzə

Buona Pasqua a tuttə!

Good Easter to all! [regardless of gender]

word ending for adjectives and nouns, as a replacement of -o and -a as a means to include all genders (exclusively in writing)


-estesia

From Ancient Greek αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “perception”), derived from αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “I perceive”).


-oftalmo

From Ancient Greek ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”).


-orno

[M]a sarà di necessità che V. S. vegga di parlarne con il signor Giovanni Mancini, al quale si mandorno le scritture un pezzo fa,

1633, Virginia Galilei, Lettere al padre, Letter 90:

But it will necessary that you make sure to talk about it with sir Giovanni Mancini, to whom the writings were sent time ago,

Doppo le donne entrorno li monzù

1887, G. G. Belli, “Er fistino de la Bbanca Romana”, in Sonetti Romaneschi, line 12:

(archaic, dialectal) alternative form of -arono


-cina

it-noun

-cina f (noun-forming suffix, plural -cine)

canzone (“song”) + -cina → canzoncina (“little song, ditty”)

corona (“crown”) + -cina → coroncina (“small crown, coronet”)

porta (“door”) + -cina → porticina (“small door”)

parte (“part”) + -cina → particina (“bit part, minor acting role”)


-ennio

-ennio m (noun-forming suffix, plural -enni)

Borrowed from Latin -ennium, from -ennis (annus + -is) + -ium.

mille (“a thousand”) + -ennio → millennio (“millennium”)

dieci (“ten”) + -ennio → decennio (“decade”)

trenta (“thirty”) + -ennio → trentennio (“a period of thirty years”)

(no longer productive) forms nouns from numbers, meaning "period of ~ years"


-ereccio

it-adj

-ereccio (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ereccia, masculine plural -erecci, feminine plural -erecce)

-ereccia (feminine)
-erecci (masculine plural)
-erecce (feminine plural)
-areccio (alternative archaic dialectal)
-ericcio (alternative)

Inherited from Late Latin -āricius, from -ārius + -icius, whence respectively Italian -aio and -eccio.

letto (“bed”) + -ereccio → lettereccio (“bed (relational)”)

villa (“country house, villa”) + -ereccio → villereccio (“country (relational); rustic”)

casa (“house”) + -ereccio → casereccio (“homemade; plain, simple”)

pescare (“to fish”) + -ereccio → peschereccio (“fishing (relational)”)


-ereccio

it-noun

-ereccio m (noun-forming suffix, plural -erecci, feminine -ereccia)

-erecci (plural)
-ereccia (feminine)
-areccio (alternative archaic dialectal)
-ericcio (alternative)

secco (“dry”) + -ereccio → secchereccio (“set of dry things (Tuscan); drought (archaic)”)

spendere (“to spend”) + -ereccio → spendereccio (“spendthrift”)

pescare (“to fish”) + -ereccio → peschereccio (“fishing boat”)

forms nouns of various meanings, e.g. collectives, from other nouns and from verbs


-eccio

it-adj

-eccio (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -eccia, masculine plural -ecci, feminine plural -ecce)

-eccia (feminine)
-ecci (masculine plural)
-ecce (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin -icius. Doublet of -izio, which was borrowed. Far rarer than -iccio, from Latin -īcius.


-uncolo

it-noun

-uncolo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -uncoli)

ad hoc translation for Leeuwenhoek's paper

animaluncoli


-gene

(largely obsolete) alternative form of -geno


-stomia

-stomia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -stomie)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στομία (stomía), from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma).


-arella

it-noun

-arella f (noun-forming suffix, plural -arelle)

cacare (“to shit”) + -arella → cacarella (“diarrhea”)

pisciare (“to piss”) + -arella → pisciarella (“overactive bladder”)

tremare (“to shake”) + -arella → tremarella (“tremor”)

sudare (“to sweat”) + -arella → sudarella (“hyperhidrosis”)

(uncountable) Forms nouns of diseases or situations with compulsory action of the verb.


-olare

it-verb

-olàre (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -olo, first-person singular past historic -olài, past participle -olàto, auxiliary avére)

-olàre (canonical)
-olo (first-person present singular)
-olài (first-person historic past singular)
-olàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
-olàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
-olàndo (gerund)
-olànte (participle present)
-olàto (participle past)
-olo (first-person indicative present singular)
-oli (indicative present second-person singular)
-ola (indicative present singular third-person)
-oliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
-olàte (indicative plural present second-person)
-olano (indicative plural present third-person)
-olàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
-olàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
-olàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
-olavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
-olavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
-olàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
-olài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
-olàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
-olò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
-olàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
-olàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
-olàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
-olerò (first-person future indicative singular)
-olerài (future indicative second-person singular)
-olerà (future indicative singular third-person)
-olerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
-oleréte (future indicative plural second-person)
-olerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
-olerèi (conditional first-person singular)
-olerésti (conditional second-person singular)
-olerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
-olerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
-olerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
-oleréste (conditional plural second-person)
-olerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
-olerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
-oli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-oli (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-oli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-oliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-oliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-olino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-olàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
-olàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
-olàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
-olàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
-olàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
-olàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
-ola (imperative second-person singular)
-oli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
-oliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
-olàte (imperative plural second-person)
-olino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
non -olàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
non -oli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
non -oliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
non -olàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
non -olino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Rebracketing of denominal verbs ending in -are, formed from nouns ending in the diminutive suffix -olo. By surface analysis, -olo + -are.

branca (“claw, talon”) + -olare → brancolare (“to grope, to feel one's way in the dark”)

chioccia (“brooding hen”) + -olare → chiocciolare (“to cluck”) (of a hen)

svagare (“to amuse, to distract”) + -olare → svagolare (“to distract”) (Tuscan)

-ify; used to derive verbs related to a base noun or verb


-lino

it-noun

-lino m (noun-forming suffix, plural -lini)

occhio (“eye”) + -lino → occhiolino (“wink”)

capo (“head”) + -lino → capolino (“flower head”)

premio (“prize, award”) + -lino → Premiolino (“an Italian journalism award”)


-lina

-lina f (noun-forming suffix, plural -line)

striscia (“strip”) + -lina → strisciolina (“small strip”)


-cromia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρωμία (khrōmía).

bor+

Added to form feminine nouns in compounds relating to coloration.


-etti

used with a stem to form the first-person singular past historic of regular -ere verbs.


-icai

first-person singular past historic of -icàre


-izzo

first-person singular present of -izzàre


-izzai

first-person singular past historic of -izzàre