Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin -unculus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈun.ko.lo/
  • Rhymes: -unkolo
  • Hyphenation: -ùn‧co‧lo

Suffix

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-uncolo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -uncoli)

  1. forms diminutive nouns
    animaluncoli (ad hoc translation for Leeuwenhoek's paper)animalcules

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