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-ata

-ata suffix: used to form formal plurals of certain Greek-derived words ending '-a', such as thema/themata, stigma/stigmata, schema/schemata.

Suffix

-ata

  1. Used to form formal plurals of certain Greek-derived words ending '-a', such as thema/themata, stigma/stigmata, schema/schemata.

Questions about -ata

What does -ata mean?
-ata means used to form formal plurals of certain Greek-derived words ending '-a', such as thema/themata, stigma/stigmata, schema/schemata.
What part of speech is -ata?
-ata is a suffix.

Words near -ata in the dictionary

  1. -asses
  2. -ast
  3. -aster
  4. -astic
  5. -asvir
  6. -ata
  7. -ate
  8. -ated
  9. -ates
  10. -athlon
  11. -athon

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