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-ame

-ame

See also: ame, âme, and AME

Italian

Suffix

-ame

  1. Used to form collective nouns from simple nouns
    foglia (leaf) + -amefogliame (foliage, leaves)

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Italian_words_suffixed_with_-ame'>Italian words suffixed with -ame</a>

References

  1. “-ame” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin -āmen.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɐ.mi/

Suffix

-ame m

  1. forms nouns indicating a group or collection of the suffixed thing

Synonyms