-tore

From -tor +‎ -e.

-tore f (indefinite plural -tore, definite singular -torja, masculine equivalent -tor)

1. -er

• -ore

From Latin -tōrem, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s. Cognate to French -eur, -teur, Spanish -dor, Sicilian -turi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈto.re/
• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: -tó‧re

-tore (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -trice, masculine plural -tori, feminine plural -trici) or
-tore m (noun-forming suffix, plural -tori, feminine -trice)

1. added to verbs to form masculine nouns and adjectives from verbs with the sense of "person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, or having"; -er; -or

   ‎comprare (“to buy”) + ‎-tore → ‎compratore (“buyer”)

   ‎vibrare (“to vibrate”) + ‎-tore → ‎vibratore (“vibrator”)

   ‎giocare (“to play”) + ‎-tore → ‎giocatore (“player”)

• -sore (used with verbs ending in -dere)

• Orte, erto, otre, rote

-tōre

1. ablative singular of -tor

Inherited from Latin -tōrem.

-tore

1. agentive suffix