-ona
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== Catalan ==
=== Suffix ===
-ona f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ones, masculine -ó, masculine plural -ons)
forms diminutives or hypocoristic terms
Maria + -ona → Mariona
== Esperanto ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈona/
Rhymes: -ona
Syllabification: o‧na
=== Suffix ===
-ona
marks fractions
kvar (“four”) + -ona → kvarona (“quarter, fourth”)
du (“two”) + -ona → duona (“half”)
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
Esperanto terms suffixed with -ono
== Garo ==
=== Etymology ===
From -o + -na.
=== Suffix ===
-ona
(inflectional suffix) forms the lative case
=== See also ===
-ni (“forms genitive”)
-na (“forms dative”)
-chi (“forms instrumental”)
-no (“forms locative”)
== Italian ==
=== Suffix ===
-ona f sg
female equivalent of -one
insalata (“salad”) + -ona → insalatona (“salad as main course”)
==== Derived terms ====
=== Anagrams ===
-ano, ano, noa
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
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=== Pronunciation ===
-ōna:
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oː.na]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [o.na]
-ōnā:
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oː.naː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [o.na]
=== Suffix ===
-ōna f (genitive -ōnae); first declension
Used to form names or epithets of female deities
==== Declension ====
First-declension noun.
==== Synonyms ====
-īna, -ōnia
==== Derived terms ====
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Alternative forms ===
-onene
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈuːna/, /ˈɔna/
Rhymes: -uːna, -ɔna
Hyphenation: -on‧a
=== Suffix ===
-ona
definite plural form of -on
== Polish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɔ.na/
Rhymes: -ɔna
Syllabification: -o‧na
=== Suffix ===
-ona
feminine nominative/vocative singular of -ony
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈo.nɐ/
=== Suffix ===
-ona f sg
feminine of -ão
female equivalent of -ão
(organic chemistry) -one
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Macanese: -óna, -róna
=== Further reading ===
“-ona”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“-ona”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Suffix ===
-ona f (noun-forming suffix, plural -onas)
female equivalent of -ón
(organic chemistry) -one
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“-ón”, 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