-one

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “shortening of ketone”)

• IPA^(key): /-əʊn/

-one

1. a ketone
2. any similar compound containing a carbonyl functional group

• EON, NEO, NOE, Neo, Noe, eno-, eon, neo, neo-

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: -ó‧ne

From Latin -ōnem.[1] Cognate to Spanish -ón, Portuguese -ão and French -on.

-one m (plural -oni, feminine -ona, feminine plural -one)

1. suffix used to form augmentatives

   ‎ragazzo (“boy”) + ‎-one → ‎ragazzone (“big boy”)

   ‎padre (“father”) + ‎-one → ‎padrone (“boss”)

   ‎bacio (“kiss”) + ‎-one → ‎bacione (“big kiss”)

2. added mostly to verbs to create nouns denoting, "one who often does" or "one who is characterized by"; -er; -or

   ‎dormire (“to sleep”) + ‎-one → ‎dormiglione (“sleepyhead”)

   ‎mangiare (“to eat”) + ‎-one → ‎mangione (“big eater”)

   ‎fare nulla (“to do nothing”) + ‎-one → ‎fannullone (“loafer”)

3. plural of -ona

-one m (plural -oni)

1. (organic chemistry) ketone
2. (physics) -on
3. (biology, genetics) -on

• -issimo
• -on

• Eno, Noè, eno-, neo, neo-

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.ne/, [ˈoːnɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ne/, [ˈɔːne]

-ōne m

1. ablative singular of -ō

From -onis (“-er”) +‎ -e (fem.).

-one

1. female equivalent of -onis

   Synonyms: -āja, -ēja, -niece