-áceo

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -āceus. Doublet of -aço. === Pronunciation === === Suffix === -áceo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ácea, masculine plural -áceos, feminine plural -áceas) -áceo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -áceos, feminine -ácea, feminine plural -áceas) -aceous (of, relating to, or resembling the thing suffixed) ‎ópio (“opium”) + ‎-áceo → ‎opiáceo (“opiate”) (zoology, especially botany) -aceous (belonging to a taxonomic family or other group) ‎amaranto (“amaranth”) + ‎-áceo → ‎amarantáceo (“amarantaceous”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-áceo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “-áceo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -āceus. Doublet of -azo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaθeo/ [ˈa.θe.o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈaseo/ [ˈa.se.o] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aθeo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -aseo (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: -á‧ce‧o === Suffix === -áceo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ácea, masculine plural -áceos, feminine plural -áceas) -aceous ‎acanto + ‎-áceo → ‎acantáceo ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-áceo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025