-ó

See also: Appendix:Variations of "o"

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ō.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o

Suffix

-ó m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ons)

1. forms diminutives of nouns

   ‎castell (“castel”) + ‎-ó → ‎Castelló (“city in Valencia”)

   ‎mitja (“stocking”) + ‎-ó → ‎mitjó (“sock”)

Suffix

-ó (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ona, masculine plural -ons, feminine plural -ones)

1. forms diminutives of adjectives

   ‎petit + ‎-ó → ‎petitó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -oo, from Latin -olus, and extension of -lus. Cognate with Spanish -uelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔ]

Suffix

-ó m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ós)

1. (archaic) forms a diminutive or related noun, usually from masculine nouns

   Synonyms: -elo, -iño, -olo

   ‎faceira (“cheek”) + ‎-ó → ‎faceiró (“pillow”)

Derived terms

From

Galician terms suffixed with -ó

.

Related terms

• -oa
• -olo

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oː]

Etymology 1

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Suffix

-ó

1. (present-participle suffix) -ing (added to a verb to form the present participle)

   ‎olvas (“to read”) + ‎-ó → ‎olvasó (“reading”)

   Hol van az olvasószemüvegem? ― Where are my reading glasses?

Usage notes

• (present-participle suffix) Variants:

  -ó is added to back-vowel verbs

  -ő is added to front-vowel verbs

  -ú is added to back-vowel verbs, obsolete

  homorú, nyomorú, szigorú

  -ű is added to front-vowel verbs, obsolete

  keserű, seprű

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-ó

2. (diminutive suffix) Added to a shortened form of a noun to derive a diminutive noun.

   Katalin (“Catherine”) → Kató (“Cathy”)

Usage notes

• (diminutive suffix) Variants:

  -ó is added to back-vowel verbs

  -ő is added to front-vowel verbs

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ó

See also

• Category:Hungarian present participles
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Icelandic

Etymology

Likely influenced by ending of loanwords such as e.g. limbó, lottó, lúdó, póló (all names of games), as well as shortened words such as bíó (from Danish bio, a clipping of biograf), which already had -ó- (-o-) in them before being shortened. Perhaps derived from English -o. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Needs more on different semantic categories and parts of speech, e.g. proper names and adjectives; a timeline of developments would also be nice

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ouː/

Suffix

-ó n

1. (informal) a suffix used to create colloquial shortenings, usually consisting of the first syllable of the word + -ó (these can be nouns, adjectives, and, more rarely, adverbs)

Derived terms

Icelandic terms suffixed with -ó

nouns

• fíknó (from fíkniefnadeild)
• gaggó (from gagnfræðaskóli)
• kæró (from kærasti, kærasta)
• kýló (from kýlubolti)
• leyndó
• mömmó (from mömmuleikur)
• sleikjó (from sleikipinni)
• strætó (from strætisvagn)
• tengdó (from tengda- in tengdamóðir, tengdaforeldri, tengdafólk, etc.)
• tíkó (from tíkarspenar)
• trúnó
• tyggjó (from tyggigúmmi)

adjectives

• abbó (from afbrýðisamur)
• dónó (from dónalegur)
• halló (from hallærislegur)
• huggó (from huggulegur)
• kammó (from Danish kammerat (“mate”))
• lummó (from lummulegur)
• púkó (from púkalegur)
• rómó (from rómantískur)
• samfó (from samferða)
• sæmó (from sæmilegur)
• vandró (from vandræðalegt)
• ömó (from ömurlegur)

adverbs

• sömó (from sömuleiðis)
• ógó (from ógeðslega)

interjections

• bæjó (from bæ)

Slovincian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo/

Suffix

-ó

1. forms possessive adjectives from nouns

   Synonym: -yn

Derived terms

Slovincian terms suffixed with -ó

Further reading

• Friedrich Lorentz (1903) Slovinzische Grammatik [Slovincian grammar] (in German), Petersburg, page 204

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *-āut, from Latin -āvit. Compare Galician and Portuguese -ou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo/ [ˈo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: -ó

Suffix

-ó

1. a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative preterite of a verb in -ar