-acchio

== Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin -āculum. Partly from the Latin instrument noun suffix -culum in cases where it was attached to first-conjugation verb stems ending in -ā-. Partly from the Latin diminutive suffix -ulus in cases where it was attached to noun stems ending in -āc- (e.g. loquāculus ← loquāx). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈak.kjo/ Rhymes: -akkjo Hyphenation: -àc‧chio === Suffix === -acchio m (noun-forming suffix, plural -acchi) used to derive nouns with an instrumental connotation ‎spaurare (“to scare”) + ‎-acchio → ‎spauracchio (“scarecrow”) used to derive nouns with a diminutive connotation ‎orso (“bear”) + ‎-acchio → ‎orsacchio (“young or small bear”) === Suffix === -acchio (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -acchia, masculine plural -acchi, feminine plural -acchie) used to derive adjectives with an attenuative connotation ‎verde (“green”) + ‎-acchio → ‎verdacchio (“greenish”) ==== Derived terms ==== -acchiare -acchiotto === Anagrams === aocchi