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See also: ismo and Ismo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈismo/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ismo
Hyphenation: is‧mo

Suffix

-ismo

-ism

Derived terms

ismo

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin -ismus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈismo/ [ˈiz̺.mʊ]
Rhymes: -ismo

Suffix

-ismo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ismos)

-ism

Derived terms

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Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from English -ism, French -isme, Italian -ismo, Portuguese -ismo/Spanish -ismo, Russian -изм (-izm), all ultimately from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈismo/

Suffix

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-ismo

forms nouns from nouns, denoting a state or practice of being; -ism
‎despota (“despot”) + ‎-ismo → ‎despotismo (“despotism”)

‎gigante (“giant”) + ‎-ismo → ‎gigantismo (“gigantism”)

‎magnete (“magnet”) + ‎-ismo → ‎magnetismo (“magnetism”)
(medicine) forms nouns from nouns, denoting a condition or syndrome; -ism
‎plumbo (“iron”) + ‎-ismo → ‎plumbismo (“plumbism, lead poisoning”)

‎caffeina (“caffeine”) + ‎-ismo → ‎caffeinismo (“caffeinism”)

‎alcohol (“alcohol”) + ‎-ismo → ‎alcoholismo (“alcoholism”)
forms nouns from nouns, denoting a doctrine or practice of concerned with the root; -ism
‎Calvin (“Calvin”) + ‎-ismo → ‎calvinismo (“Calvinism”)

‎social (“social”) + ‎-ismo → ‎socialismo (“socialism”)
forms nouns from nouns, denoting a characteristic or language; -ism
‎hellen (“Hellene”) + ‎-ismo → ‎hellenisme (“Hellenism”)

‎gallic (“Gallic”) + ‎-ismo → ‎gallicisme (“gallicism”)

Usage notes

This suffix is often parallel to human nouns in -ista, adjectives in -ista and verbs in -isar.

Derived terms

Interlingua terms suffixed with -ismo

socialismo

References

Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955), Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin -ismus.

Suffix

-ismo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ismi)

-ism (all senses)
‎attendere (“to wait”) + ‎-ismo → ‎attendismo (“wait-and-see doctrine”)

‎Trump + ‎-ismo → ‎trumpismo (“Trumpism”)

‎alcol (“alcohol”) + ‎-ismo → ‎alcolismo (“alcoholism”)

‎arcaico (“archaic”) + ‎-ismo → ‎arcaismo (“archaism”)

‎organo (“organ”) + ‎-ismo → ‎organismo (“organism”)

‎scacchi (“chess”) + ‎-ismo → ‎scacchismo (“chess play”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -ismo

Anagrams

miso, miso-, simo, somi

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Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪs.moː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiz.mo]

Suffix

-ismō m

dative/ablative singular of -ismus

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

Latin -ismuslbor.

Portuguese -ismo

Learned borrowing from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós), from -ίζω (-ízō) + -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈiz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈiʒ.mu/
- (Porto Alegre) IPA^(key): /ˈiz.mo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈiʒ.mu/

Hyphenation: -is‧mo

Suffix

-ismo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ismos)

-ism

Usage notes

The following ending(s) change(s) in words appended with this suffix:

⟨-ição⟩ (being part of a hiatus in feminine nouns, incl. plurals) → ⟨-(i)cion⟩
⟨-ção⟩, ⟨-são⟩ (in feminine nouns, incl. plurals) → ⟨-cion⟩, ⟨-sion⟩
⟨-ão⟩ (as a non-verb suffix, incl. plurals) → ⟨-on⟩
⟨-ã(o)⟩ (incl. plurals) → ⟨-(i)an⟩, ⟨-am⟩, or ⟨-(i)on⟩, depending on the base word's etymology
⟨-m⟩ (incl. plurals) → ⟨-n⟩
⟨-z⟩ (in some nouns from Latin, incl. plurals) → ⟨-c(i)⟩
⟨-vel⟩ (unstressed and adjectival, incl. plurals) → ⟨-bil⟩
⟨-z⟩ (adjectival, incl. plurals) → ⟨-c⟩
⟨-dade⟩ (as a noun suffix, incl. plurals) → ⟨-t⟩

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ismo

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós), often already present in words taken (either via Latin, or directly) from Ancient Greek.