-ónimo

Spanish, suffix/ˈonimo/

-ónimo is a Spanish masculine suffix meaning “-onym” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Elemento compositivo que forma sustantivos y adjetivos con el significado de "nombre o designación" de la…”.

What does -ónimo mean in English?

suffix

1
masculine-onym

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

suffix: 1. Elemento compositivo que forma sustantivos y adjetivos con el significado de "nombre o designación" de la base derivativa.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce -ónimo?

/ˈonimo/
[ˈo.ni.mo]
[ˈonimo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.