-cita
See also: cita, citá, cità, čita, Čita, çita, and çità
Italian
Alternative forms
- -cito
Suffix
-cita
- cell (equivalent of the English: -cyte)
Derived terms
Italian terms suffixed with -cita
Anagrams
- taci
Spanish
Suffix
-cita
- Alternative form of -ita; feminine of -cito
Usage notes
- Added to feminine words and names to denote a diminutive form. It occurs especially with words ending in a consonant or a vowel other than -a, and does not delete the final vowel (contrast with -ita, which is added in place of a vowel that does get deleted).
Derived terms
Spanish terms suffixed with -cita
Further reading
- “-cito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014