-ó

See also: Appendix:Variations of "o"

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin -ō.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o

Suffix

-ó (feminine -ona)

1. forms diminutives

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

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

   ‎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 (plural -ós, feminine counterpart -oa)

1. (archaic) usually added to masculine nouns to form a diminutive or a related noun

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

   Synonyms: -elo, -iño, -olo

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -ó

Related terms

• -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”) → olvasó (“reading”)

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

Usage notes

• Harmonic variants:

  -ó is added to back-vowel verbs

  -ő is added to front-vowel verbs

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

• Harmonic 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.

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)

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