-icare

See also: icare and Icare

Italian

Etymology

From the Latin verb ending -icāre. By surface analysis, -ic(o) (-ic, adjective-forming derivational suffix) + -are (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: -i‧cà‧re

Suffix

-icàre (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ico, first-person singular past historic -icài, past participle -icàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. -ify; used to derive verbs related to a root noun or adjective
    neve (snow) + -icarenevicare (to snow)
    decuplo (tenfold, decuple) + -icaredecuplicare (to tenfold, decuple)

Usage notes

  • In stem-stressed forms, the stress is on the antepenultimate vowel (the one preceding the -ic- suffix), e.g. névica "it is snowing", io decùplico "I multiply by ten".

Conjugation

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -icare

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