-eto

Borrowed from Italian -eto, from Latin -ētum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeto/

1=n

-eto

1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a grove of trees; grove

   ‎pino (“pine”) + ‎-eto → ‎pineto (“pine grove”)

   ‎orangiero (“orange tree”) + ‎-eto → ‎orangiereto (“orange grove”)

• This is not to be confused with homophonous -etto, a diminutive suffix.

• -iero (“tree”)

• Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

From Latin -ētum. Cognate to French -aie.

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.to/
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: -é‧to

-eto m

1. wood, forest
2. orchard, grove, plantation
3. bed, field, yard

• -eta

• teo-

-ētō

1. dative/ablative singular of -ētum

• -êto (obsolete)

Borrowed from Italian -etto, from Late Latin -ittus. Doublet of -ito, -ete, and -eta.

• Rhymes: -etu

-eto m (noun-forming suffix, plural -etos)

1. diminutive suffix most commonly found in words loaned from Italian; -ette; -let; -et

   Synonyms: -inho, -ito, -im

   ‎livro (“book”) + ‎-eto → ‎livreto (“booklet”)

2. consisting of N elements; the stem is usually an ordinal adapted from Italian, a Latinate prefix or, less commonly, a cardinal; -et

   ‎quarto (“fourth”) + ‎-eto → ‎quarteto (“quartet”)

   ‎nono (“nine”) + ‎-eto → ‎noneto (“nonet”)

3. (inorganic chemistry) -ide (binary compound of a nonmetal)

   sulfeto de zinco ― zinc sulfide

Borrowed from Italian -etto, from Late Latin -ittus. Doublet of -ito, -ete, and -eta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeto/ [ˈe.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: -e‧to

-eto m (noun-forming suffix, plural -etos, feminine -eta, feminine plural -etas)

1. forms diminutives of nouns and adjectives; -ette; -let; -et

• “-eto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024