-ivo

== Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ivo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ ɪvo] Rhymes: -ɪvo === Suffix === -ivo n (noun-forming suffix) a suffix usually indicating a mass noun derived from a verb, e.g. the stuff needed for or the product of some activity ‎pít (“to drink”) + ‎-ivo → ‎pitivo (“drink, beverages”) ‎topit (“to heat, stoke”) + ‎-ivo → ‎topivo (“fuel”) ‎plést (“to weave, knit”) + ‎-ivo → ‎pletivo (“mesh”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === -ivo in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017 == Italian == === Etymology 1 === From Latin -īvus. ==== Alternative forms ==== -io ==== Suffix ==== -ivo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iva, masculine plural -ivi, feminine plural -ive) -ivo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ivi) -ive ===== Derived terms ===== (-ive): === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -ivo (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix) used with a stem to form the first-person singular imperfect of regular -ire verbs === Anagrams === Vio, Voi, ovi-, voi == Latin == === Suffix === -īvō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -īvus == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin -īvus. Doublet of -io. === Pronunciation === === Suffix === -ivo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iva, masculine plural -ivos, feminine plural -ivas) -ive (relating to) ‎depressão (“depression”) + ‎-ivo → ‎depressivo (“depressive”) -ive (of the nature of) ‎excesso (“excess”) + ‎-ivo → ‎excessivo (“excessive”) ==== Usage notes ==== When appended or related to primitive nouns ending in ⟨ção⟩, ⟨são⟩ or ⟨xão⟩, this suffix replaces the ⟨ão⟩. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “-ivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Suffix === -ivo (Cyrillic spelling -иво) Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting a material or an object. == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin -īvus, probably borrowed. === Suffix === -ivo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iva, masculine plural -ivos, feminine plural -ivas) -ive ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ivo”, 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