-ivo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ivo"

Czech

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *-wósder.

Proto-Slavic *-ivo

Czech -ivo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ivo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ ɪvo]
Rhymes: -ɪvo

Suffix

-ivo n (noun-forming suffix)

a suffix usually indicating a mass noun derived from a verb, e.g. the stuff needed for or the product of some activity
‎pít (“to drink”) + ‎-ivo → ‎pitivo (“drink, beverages”)

‎topit (“to heat, stoke”) + ‎-ivo → ‎topivo (“fuel”)

‎plést (“to weave, knit”) + ‎-ivo → ‎pletivo (“mesh”)

Derived terms

Galician

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvuslbor.

Galician -ivo

Learned borrowing from Latin -īvus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈibo/ [ˈi.β̞ʊ]
Rhymes: -ibo

Suffix

-ivo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iva, masculine plural -ivos, feminine plural -ivas)

-ive

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -ivo

abstractivo

competitivo

restrictivo

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin -īvus.

Alternative forms

-io

Suffix

-ivo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iva, masculine plural -ivi, feminine plural -ive)
-ivo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ivi)

-ive

Derived terms

(-ive):

Italian terms suffixed with -ivo

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ivo (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

used with a stem to form the first-person singular imperfect of regular -ire verbs

Anagrams

Vio, Voi, ovi-, voi

Latin

Suffix

-īvō

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -īvus

Portuguese

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvuslbor.

Portuguese -ivo

Learned borrowing from Latin -īvus. Doublet of -io.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vu/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.bu/ [ˈi.βu]

Suffix

-ivo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iva, masculine plural -ivos, feminine plural -ivas)

-ive (relating to)
‎depressão (“depression”) + ‎-ivo → ‎depressivo (“depressive”)
-ive (of the nature of)
‎excesso (“excess”) + ‎-ivo → ‎excessivo (“excessive”)

Usage notes

When appended or related to primitive nouns ending in ⟨ção⟩, ⟨são⟩ or ⟨xão⟩, this suffix replaces the ⟨ão⟩.

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ivo (Cyrillic spelling -иво)

Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting a material or an object.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin -īvus, probably borrowed.

Suffix

-ivo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iva, masculine plural -ivos, feminine plural -ivas)
-ivo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ivos, feminine -iva, feminine plural -ivas)