-cino
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Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- -icino (after other consonants)
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-cino m (noun-forming suffix, plural -cini)
- Alternative form of -ino
- camion (“truck”) + -cino → camioncino (“van”)
- bastone (“stick”) + -cino → bastoncino (“chopstick”)
- lume (“light”) + -cino → lumicino (“faint light; funereal candle”)
- libro (“book”) + -cino → libricino (“booklet”)
Usage notes[edit]
- Originally used with masculine terms ending in -n, -ne or -na. Sometimes used with other (usually masculine) terms, in place of -ino.
- See also -cina and -ina for feminine equivalents.