-ezno

Inherited from Latin -icinus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeθno/ [ˈeθ̬.no] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈesno/ [ˈez.no] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθno (Spain)
• Rhymes: -esno (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: -ez‧no

-ezno m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eznos, feminine -ezna, feminine plural -eznas)

1. forms nouns from other nouns, indicating the young of an animal

   ‎lobo (“wolf”) + ‎-ezno → ‎lobezno (“wolf cub”)

   ‎oso (“bear”) + ‎-ezno → ‎osezno (“bear cub”)

   ‎pavo (“turkey”) + ‎-ezno → ‎pavezno (“poult”)

• “-ezno”, 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