-opoli

Italian

FWOTD – 22 April 2019

Etymology

Back-formation from Tangentopoli, which was formed from tangente (“kickback”) + -poli (“city”), but was reanalyzed by journalists to produce a suffix analogous to English -gate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.po.li/

Suffix

-opoli f

-gate (used to form names of scandals)
- 2012, Antonio Giangrande, Concorsopoli ed esamopoli: Concorsi pubblici ed esami di Stato:
  Fermiamo la concorsopoli per i giornalisti negli enti pubblici.
  Let's end the competitiongate for the journalists in public entities.

Derived terms

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单词	-opoli
释义	-opoli Italian FWOTD – 22 April 2019 Etymology Back-formation from Tangentopoli, which was formed from tangente (“kickback”) + -poli (“city”), but was reanalyzed by journalists to produce a suffix analogous to English -gate. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.po.li/ Suffix -opoli f -gate (used to form names of scandals) 2012, Antonio Giangrande, Concorsopoli ed esamopoli: Concorsi pubblici ed esami di Stato: Fermiamo la concorsopoli per i giornalisti negli enti pubblici. Let's end the competitiongate for the journalists in public entities. Derived terms ► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Italian_words_suffixed_with_-opoli' title='Category:Italian words suffixed with -opoli'>Italian words suffixed with -opoli</a>
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