-ato

See also: ato, ATO, ató, åto, atɔ, 'ato, atɔ̃, and ātõ

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈato/

Suffix

-ato

1. See -at-

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Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from English -ate, French -ate, Italian -ato, Portuguese -ato/Portuguese -ado/Spanish -ato/Spanish -ado, all ultimately from Latin -ātus or -ātum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈato/

Suffix

-ato

1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a status, jurisdiction or period of office; -ate, -dom, -cy, -ship

   ‎duce (“duke”) + ‎-ato → ‎ducato (“duchy, dukedom”)

   ‎episcoppo (“bishop”) + ‎-ato → ‎episcopato (“bishopric, episcopate”)

   ‎capitano (“capitain”) + ‎-ato → ‎capitanato (“capitaincy”)

   ‎discipulo (“disciple”) + ‎-ato → ‎discipulato (“discipleship”)

Usage notes

• This suffix is not to be confused with -ata (“-ful”).

Derived terms

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -ato not found

References

• Alexander Gode (1951) Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic *-ātos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: -à‧to

Suffix

-ato

1. Used with a stem to form the past participle of regular -are verbs
2. (in nouns) a rank or office; -ate, -hood, -ship, -cy

   ‎apprendista (“apprentice”) + ‎-ato → ‎apprendistato (“apprenticeship”)

   ‎priore (“prior”, noun) + ‎-ato → ‎priorato (“priorate, office of a prior”)

3. (in adjectives) having or resembling the specified thing

   ‎lobo (“lobe”) + ‎-ato → ‎lobato (“lobate, having lobes”)

   ‎palmo (“palm (of the hand)”) + ‎-ato → ‎palmato (“palmate, resembling a palm”)

4. (chemistry, in nouns) a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ico; -ate

   ‎nitrico (“nitric”) + ‎-ato → ‎nitrato (“nitrate”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -ato

Anagrams

• tao

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.toː/, [ˈäːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.to/, [ˈäːt̪o]

Suffix

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of -ō

Suffix

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -ātus

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Maquiritari

Alternative forms

• (allomorphs) -to, -cho

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ato]

Suffix

-ato

1. Forms nouns from adverbs, adverbial verb forms, and postpositions, typically with the sense of ‘one that (is) …’, ‘one that has the quality of …’.

Usage notes

When attaching to a final vowel e, this suffix takes the form -ato, with the first vowel replacing the e; when attaching to i, it takes the form -cho; in all other circumstances it takes the form -to.

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-ato”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 138–140

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -atūs or -ātum. Compare the inherited doublet -ado.

Suffix

-ato m (plural -atos)

1. -ship; -ate (rank or office)

   Synonym: -ado

2. -age (place)
3. (chemistry) -ate (derivative of a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ico)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ato

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin -atūs or -ātum (past participle suffix). Compare the inherited doublet -ado.

Suffix

-ato m (noun-forming suffix, plural -atos, feminine -ata, feminine plural -atas)

1. forms an institution from a noun stem

   ‎huérfano (“orphan”) + ‎-ato → ‎orfanato (“orphanage”)

2. forms the corresponding action of a noun

   ‎asesino (“assassin”) + ‎-ato → ‎asesinato (“assassination”)

3. indicates a baby of a specific animal

   ‎ballena (“whale”) + ‎-ato → ‎ballenato (“baby whale”)

4. Forms adjectives of quality

   ‎nuevo (“new”) + ‎-ato → ‎novato (“unexperienced”)

5. Denotes the office of a noun stem

   ‎cardenal (“(Catholic) cardinal”) + ‎-ato → ‎cardenalato (“cardinalate, office of the cardinal”)

   ‎Fujimori (surname of the former president of Peru, Alberto Fujimori) + ‎-ato → ‎fujimorato (“time period when Alberto Fujimori was in office”)

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ato m (noun-forming suffix, plural -atos)

1. (chemistry) -ate (designates a salt or ester related to an acid)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ato

Further reading

• “-ato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014