-ame

• -ami

From Latin -āmen. Compare Italian -ame. Cf. also -imi and Romanian -ime.

-ame

1. used to form collective nouns from simple nouns; used to express a multitude, crowd of, or the whole of something
2. used to form nouns derived from adjectives

From Latin -āmen,^[1] an extended form of -men.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.me/
• Rhymes: -ame
• Hyphenation: -à‧me

-ame m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ami)

1. used to form collective nouns from simple nouns, often with pejorative connotation

   ‎foglia (“leaf”) + ‎-ame → ‎fogliame (“foliage, leaves”)

   ‎bestia (“beast”) + ‎-ame → ‎bestiame (“livestock”)

   ‎cultura (“culture”) + ‎-ame → ‎culturame (“pop culture (pejorative)”)

   ‎professore (“professor”) + ‎-ame → ‎professorame (“academia, professorship (pejorative)”)

• Ema, Maè, mea

Inherited from Latin -āmen.

-ame m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ames)

1. forms nouns indicating a group or collection of the suffixed thing

   Synonyms: -ada, -edo