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Esperanto
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ismo
- -ism
Derived terms
Galician
Etymology
From Latin -ismus.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ismo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ismos)
- -ism
Derived terms
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
Suffix
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- 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”)
- (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”)
- 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”)
- 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
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)
- -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
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ismō m
- dative/ablative singular of -ismus
Portuguese
Etymology
Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Portuguese -ismo
Learned borrowing from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós), from -ίζω (-ízō) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ismo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ismos)
- -ism
Derived terms
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/
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Syllabification: -is‧mo
Suffix
-ismo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ismos)
- -ism
Derived terms
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish -ismo, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ismo (noun-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)
- -ism
Derived terms
Anagrams