-izza

Borrowed from Italian -izzare, from Latin -izare, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪd.d͡za/

-izza

1. -ise, -ize; verbal suffix occurring in borrowings from Italian and loan translations from English

Inherited from Latin -itia. Cognate with Italian -ezza.

• IPA^(key): /-ˈit.tsa/
• Rhymes: -ittsa
• Hyphenation: ìz‧za

-izza f (plural -izzi)

1. added to adjectives to form abstract nouns; -ity; -ness

   ‎autu (“high, tall”) + ‎-izza → ‎autizza (“height”)

   ‎beḍḍu (“handsome, beautiful”) + ‎-izza → ‎biḍḍizza (“beauty”)

   ‎stancu (“tired”) + ‎-izza → ‎stanchizza (“tiredness”)

   ‎stranu (“strange, stranger”) + ‎-izza → ‎stranizza (“strangeness, extraneousness”)