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-oso

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Galician Etymology Pronunciation Suffix Derived terms Italian Etymology Pronunciation Suffix Derived terms Latin Suffix Portuguese Etymology Pronunciation Suffix Usage notes Derived terms Spanish Etymology Suffix Derived terms Further reading

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oso"

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -oso, from Latin -ōsus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈoso/ [ˈo.s̺ʊ]
Rhymes: -oso

Suffix

-oso (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -osa, masculine plural -osos, feminine plural -osas)

-ous, -ful, -y
‎cobiza (“greed”) + ‎-oso → ‎cobizoso (“covetous; greedy”)

‎verme (“worm, maggot”) + ‎-oso → ‎vermioso (“wormy, maggoty”)

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -oso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin -ōsus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈo.zo/, (traditional) /ˈo.so/
Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
Hyphenation: -ó‧so

Suffix

-oso

-ous, -ful, -y
Synonym: -uoso

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -oso

Latin

Suffix

-ōsō

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -ōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -oso, from Latin -ōsus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈo.zu/

Suffix

-oso (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -osa, masculine plural -osos, feminine plural -osas, metaphonic)

-ous, -y

Usage notes

All derived adjectives in -oso are metaphonic, i.e. stressed /o/ changes to /ɔ/ in the feminine and plural.

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -oso

adenocarcinomatoso

antiescrofuloso

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish -oso, from Latin -ōsus.

Suffix

-oso (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -osa, masculine plural -osos, feminine plural -osas)

-ous, -ful, -y
‎carne (“flesh”) + ‎-oso → ‎carnoso (“fleshy”)

‎dolor (“pain”) + ‎-oso → ‎doloroso (“painful”)

‎gloria (“glory”) + ‎-oso → ‎glorioso (“glorious”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -oso

Further reading

“-oso”, 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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