-anza
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Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -antia. Compare Spanish -anza, Portuguese and Catalan -ança, French -ance.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-anza f (noun-forming suffix, plural -anze)
- added to nouns and adjectives to indicate a state or condition; -ance; -ancy
- abbondante (“abundant”) + -anza → abbondanza (“abundance”)
- mancante (“lacking”) + -anza → mancanza (“lack”)
- cittadino (“citizen”) + -anza → cittadinanza (“citizenship”)
- lontano (“far”) + -anza → lontananza (“distance, remoteness”)
Derived terms
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Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -antia. Compare Catalan -ança, Portuguese -ança, French -ance, Italian -anza.
Suffix
-anza f (noun-forming suffix, plural -anzas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “-anza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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