-agem
See also: agem
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese -age, from Old French -age or Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum. Final -m and gender change influenced by words such as imagem. Doublet of -ático.
Pronunciation
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Suffix
edit-agem f (noun-forming suffix, plural -agens)
- Forms uncountable nouns, from verbs, meaning the practice of doing what is expressed by the verb.
- Synonym: -mento
- armazenar (“to store”) + -agem → armazenagem (“storage”)
- reciclar (“to recycle”) + -agem → reciclagem (“recycling”)
- Forms nouns, from verbs, meaning an instance of doing what is expressed by the verb.
- Forms nouns, from nouns expressing a type of person, meaning attitude or an act expected from that kind of person.
- Synonyms: -ice, -ície, -ismo
- caipira (“hillbilly”) + -agem → caipiragem (“attitude of a hillbilly”)
- picareta (“fraudster”) + -agem → picaretagem (“fraud”)
- Forms nouns, from nouns, meaning a collection of things; -age
- árbitro (“referee”) + -agem → arbitragem (“referees and umpires who attend a match”)
- ferro (“iron”) + -agem → ferragem (“ironware”)
- Forms nouns for concepts related to the suffixed word.
- por cento (“percent”) + -agem → porcentagem (“percentage”)
- persona (“persona”) + -agem → personagem (“character”)
Usage notes
editDerived terms
editCategories:
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old French
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Occitan
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese doublets
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aʒẽj̃
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aʒẽj̃/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aʒɐ̃j̃
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aʒɐ̃j̃/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese suffixes
- Portuguese noun-forming suffixes
- Portuguese countable suffixes
- Portuguese feminine suffixes