"-ico" meaning in Portuguese

See -ico in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /i.ku/ (note: stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) Forms: -ica [feminine], -icos [masculine, plural], -icas [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin -icus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin, from Proto-Indo-European *-ikos, *-iḱos. Etymology templates: {{lbor|pt|la|-icus}} Learned borrowing from Latin -icus, {{der|pt|ine-pro|*-ikos|*-ikos, *-iḱos}} Proto-Indo-European *-ikos, *-iḱos Head templates: {{pt-adj}} -ico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ica, masculine plural -icos, feminine plural -icas)
  1. -ic; -ical (of or relating to [the suffixed noun]) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ico-pt-suffix-drqadXtC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ˈi.ku/ Forms: -icos [plural], -ica [feminine], -icas [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|f=+}} -ico m (noun-forming suffix, plural -icos, feminine -ica, feminine plural -icas)
  1. irregular diminutive suffix, often forming new senses rather than semantic diminutives Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ico-pt-suffix-WMdVrHRx Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for -ico meaning in Portuguese (2.2kB)

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