-ismo

See also: ismo and Ismo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-ismo

1. -ism

Derived terms

Esperanto terms suffixed with -ismo

• ismo

Galician

Etymology

From Latin -ismus.

Suffix

-ismo m

1. -ism

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -ismo

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from English -ism, French -isme, Italian -ismo, Portuguese -ismo/Spanish -ismo, Russian -изм (-izm), all ultimately from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈismo/

Suffix

-ismo

1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a state or practice of being; -ism

   ‎despota (“despot”) + ‎-ismo → ‎despotismo (“despotism”)

   ‎gigante (“giant”) + ‎-ismo → ‎gigantismo (“gigantism”)

   ‎magnete (“magnet”) + ‎-ismo → ‎magnetismo (“magnetism”)

2. (medicine) forms nouns from nouns, denoting a condition or syndrome; -ism

   ‎plumbo (“iron”) + ‎-ismo → ‎plumbismo (“plumbism, lead poisoning”)

   ‎caffeina (“caffeine”) + ‎-ismo → ‎caffeinismo (“caffeinism”)

   ‎alcohol (“alcohol”) + ‎-ismo → ‎alcoholismo (“alcoholism”)

3. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a doctrine or practice of concerned with the root; -ism

   ‎Calvin (“Calvin”) + ‎-ismo → ‎calvinismo (“Calvinism”)

   ‎social (“social”) + ‎-ismo → ‎socialismo (“socialism”)

4. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a characteristic or language; -ism

   ‎hellen (“Hellene”) + ‎-ismo → ‎hellenisme (“Hellenism”)

   ‎gallic (“Gallic”) + ‎-ismo → ‎gallicisme (“gallicism”)

Usage notes

• This suffix is often parallel to human nouns in -ista, adjectives in -ista and verbs in -isar.

Derived terms

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -ismo not found

References

• Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin -ismus.

Suffix

-ismo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ismi)

1. -ism (all senses)

   ‎attendere (“to wait”) + ‎-ismo → ‎attendismo (“wait-and-see doctrine”)

   ‎Trump + ‎-ismo → ‎trumpismo (“Trumpism”)

   ‎alcol (“alcohol”) + ‎-ismo → ‎alcolismo (“alcoholism”)

   ‎arcaico (“archaic”) + ‎-ismo → ‎arcaismo (“archaism”)

   ‎organo (“organ”) + ‎-ismo → ‎organismo (“organism”)

   ‎scacchi (“chess”) + ‎-ismo → ‎scacchismo (“chess play”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -ismo

Anagrams

• miso, miso-, simo, somi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.moː/, [ˈɪs̠moː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.mo/, [ˈizmo]

Suffix

-ismō m

1. dative/ablative singular of -ismus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ismus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈiʒ.mu/

Suffix

-ismo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ismos)

1. -ism

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ismo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós), often already present in words taken (either via Latin, or directly) from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈismo/ [ˈiz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: -is‧mo

Suffix

-ismo m (plural -ismos)

1. -ism

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ismo

Related terms

• -ista

Further reading

• “-ismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈismo/

Suffix

-ismo

1. -ism

Derived terms

Tagalog terms suffixed with -ismo

Related terms

• -ista