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-cito
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cito"
Italian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-cito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -citi)
- alternative form of -cita (“-cyte”)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “vessel, container”).
Suffix
-cito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -citos)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “-cito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “-cito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
- -cita f
Suffix
-cito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -citos, feminine -cita, feminine plural -citas)
- alternative form of -ito
Usage notes
- Added to masculine words and names to denote a diminutive form. It occurs especially with words ending in a consonant or a vowel other than -o, and does not delete the final vowel (contrast with -ito, which is added in place of a vowel that gets deleted).
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “vessel, container”).
Suffix
-cito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -citos)
Related terms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “-cito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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