Borrowed fromItalian-izzare, fromLatin-izare, fromAncient Greek-ίζειν(-ízein).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪd.d͡za/

-izza

1. -ise,-ize;verbal suffix occurring in borrowings from Italian and loan translations from English

Inherited fromLatin-itia. Cognate withItalian-ezza.

• IPA^(key): /-ˈit.tsa/
• Rhymes:-ittsa
• Hyphenation:ìz‧za

-izza f (plural-izzi)

1. added to adjectives to formabstract nouns;-ity;-ness

   ‎autu(“high, tall”) + ‎-izza → ‎autizza(“height”)

   ‎beḍḍu(“handsome, beautiful”) + ‎-izza → ‎biḍḍizza(“beauty”)

   ‎stancu(“tired”) + ‎-izza → ‎stanchizza(“tiredness”)

   ‎stranu(“strange, stranger”) + ‎-izza → ‎stranizza(“strangeness, extraneousness”)

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• Rhymes:Sicilian/ittsa
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