-ennio

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.njo/
• Rhymes: -ɛnnjo
• Hyphenation: -èn‧nio

Suffix

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

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

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

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

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