-cito

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cito"

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.to/
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: -cì‧to

Suffix

-cito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -citi)

1. Alternative form of -cita (“-cyte”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -cito

Anagrams

• coti

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “vessel, container”).

Suffix

-cito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -citos)

1. (biology) -cyte (forms cell names)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -cito

Spanish

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

• -cita f

Suffix

-cito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -citos, feminine -cita, feminine plural -citas)

1. Alternative form of -ito

   ‎pan (“bread”) + ‎-cito → ‎panecito (“bun, roll”)

   ‎pobre (“poor”) + ‎-cito → ‎pobrecito (“poor thing”)

   ‎papá (“dad”) + ‎-cito → ‎papacito (“daddy”)

Usage notes

• Added to masculine words and names to denote a diminutive form. It occurs especially with words ending in a consonant or a vowel other than -o, and does not delete the final vowel (contrast with -ito, which is added in place of a vowel that gets deleted).

Related terms

• -cecito
• -ecito
• -ito

 

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “vessel, container”).

Suffix

-cito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -citos)

1. (biology) -cyte (forms cell names)

Related terms

• cito-

 

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -cito

Further reading

• “-cito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28