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Italian
Etymology
From a Germanic element used in anthroponyms (e.g. Old High German [Rīco]hard, Old Saxon *[Regin]hard, Old English [Beorn]heard), derived from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard; brave”). Compare English -ard, French -ard.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ardo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -arda, masculine plural -ardi, feminine plural -arde)
- (non-productive) appended to placenames to form relational adjectives meaning “of, from or related to a place”
- Nizza (“Nice”) + -ardo → nizzardo (“of or from Nice”)
Suffix
-ardo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ardi, feminine -arda)
- (non-productive) appended to placenames to form nouns meaning “one who is of, from or related to a place”
- Nizza (“Nice”) + -ardo → nizzardo (“person from Nice”)
- (non-productive) appended to nouns or adjectives to form possessional adjectives or nouns meaning “(one) having the characteristic described by the noun or adjective”
- lingua (“tongue”) + -ardo → (archaic) linguardo (“gossip, talkative person”)
- vecchio (“old”) + -ardo → (literary, pejorative) vecchiardo (“old man”)
Derived terms
References
- -ardo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Portuguese
Suffix
-ardo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ardos)
- -ard (someone who is in a suffixed condition)
Derived terms