-cola

Borrowed from Latin -cola.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.la]

-cola m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -coles)

1. cultivating, breeding
2. inhabiting

-cola m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -coles)

1. cultivator, breeder
2. inhabitant (forming nouns and adjectives)

• “-cola”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From colō +‎ -a (agent noun)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ko.la] (stressed on the antepenult)

-cola m (genitive -colae); first declension

1. inhabitor (one who inhabits)

   rūpēs + -cola → rūpicola

2. tiller, cultivator (one who tills or cultivates)

   ager + -cola → agricola

3. worshipper, honorer (one who worships or honors)

   Jūnō + -cola → Jūnōnicola

First-declension noun.

• → Catalan: -cola
• → Italian: -cola
• → Spanish: -cola

• “-cola” on page 349/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Inherited from Latin -cola.

• Hyphenation: -co‧la

-cola m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -colas)
-cola m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -colas)

1. Forms nouns and adjectives with the meaning of:
   1. breeder, caretaker, cultivator, or producer (of a natural product or organism)
   2. inhabitant (equivalent to English -colous)
   3. honorer or worshipper

      Synonym: -latra

• “-cola”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “-cola”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “-cola”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “-cola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Latin -cola.

-cola m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -colas)
-cola m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -colas)

1. cultivator, breeder; forms nouns and adjectives
2. inhabitant; forms nouns and adjectives

• “‒́cola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024