-ennio

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ennium, from -ennis (annus + -is) + -ium.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛn.njo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnnjo
  • Hyphenation: -èn‧nio

Suffix

-ennio m (noun-forming suffix, plural -enni)

  1. (no longer productive) forms nouns from numbers, meaning "period of ~ years"
    ‎mille (“a thousand”) + ‎-ennio → ‎millennio (“millennium”)
    ‎dieci (“ten”) + ‎-ennio → ‎decennio (“decade”)
    ‎trenta (“thirty”) + ‎-ennio → ‎trentennio (“a period of thirty years”)
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