-cola

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -cola. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ku.lə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ko.lə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ko.la] === Suffix === -cola m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -coles) cultivating, breeding inhabiting === Suffix === -cola m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -coles) cultivator, breeder inhabitant (forming nouns and adjectives) === Derived terms === === Further reading === “-cola”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Latin == === Etymology === From colō (“to cultivate; to inhabit”) + -a (agent noun). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ko.la] (stressed on the antepenult) === Suffix === -cola m (genitive -colae); first declension inhabitor (one who inhabits) rūpēs + -cola → rūpicola tiller, cultivator (one who tills or cultivates) ager + -cola → agricola worshipper, honorer (one who worships or honors) Jūnō + -cola → Jūnōnicola ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: -cola → Italian: -cola → Spanish: -cola === References === “-cola” on page 349/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin -cola. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: -co‧la === Suffix === -cola m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -colas) -cola m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -colas) Forms nouns and adjectives with the meaning of: breeder, caretaker, cultivator, or producer (of a natural product or organism) inhabitant (equivalent to English -colous) honorer or worshipper Synonym: -latra ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-cola”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “-cola”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026 “-cola”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “-cola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin -cola. === Suffix === -cola m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -colas) -cola m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -colas) cultivator, breeder; forms nouns and adjectives inhabitant; forms nouns and adjectives ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “‒́cola”, 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