-eco
(Redirected from -ec-)
See also: Appendix:Variations of "eco"
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian -ezza, as in altezza (“height”) (Esperanto alteco). Compare French -esse.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-eco
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Portuguese edit
Suffix edit
-eco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ecos) (added to nouns)
-eco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -eca, masculine plural -ecos, feminine plural -ecas) (added to adjectives)
- creates diminutives from nouns or adjectives (mainly pejorative)
- livro (“book”) + -eco → livreco (“bad book”)
- sono (“sleepiness, sleep”) + -eco → soneca (“nap”)
- travesti (“cross-dresser”) + -eco → traveco (“cross-dresser (derogatory)”)
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-eco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -eca, masculine plural -ecos, feminine plural -ecas)
-eco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ecos, feminine -eca, feminine plural -ecas)
- indicates a demonym or inhabitant
- Sonsonate + -eco → sonsonateco
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Further reading edit
- “-eco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014