-ato

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ato"

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈato/

Suffix

-ato

1. See -at-

Interlingua

Etymology

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

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, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Suffix

-ato (past participle-forming suffix, feminine -ata, masculine plural -ati, feminine plural -ate)

1. used with a stem to form the past participle of regular -are verbs

Suffix

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

1. a rank or office; -ate, -hood, -ship, -cy

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

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

Suffix

-ato (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ata, masculine plural -ati, feminine plural -ate)

1. forms 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”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -ato

Etymology 2

Suffix

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

1. (chemistry) 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”)

Anagrams

• tao

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ātō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of -ō (first conjugation)

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ātō

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātus. Compare the inherited doublet -ado.

Suffix

-ato m (noun-forming suffix, 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

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin -ātus (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	-ato
Brazilian standard	-ato
New Tribes	-ato

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ato]

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• -to, -cho (allomorphs)

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.

Derived terms

Ye'kwana terms suffixed with -ato

Etymology 2

From -a (recent/distant past imperfective suffix) +‎ -to (plural verb suffix).

Alternative forms

• -kato, -yato (allomorphs)

Suffix

-ato

1. Forms the plural of the recent past imperfective tense when the arguments of the verb are first- or second-person.

Usage notes

This suffix can cause syllable reduction. The suffix takes the form -kato when the preceding syllable is reducible and has an onset of k, -yato when the preceding syllable ends in i, and -ato in other contexts.

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-ato”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 138–140, 213–222
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 302