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-nado

-nado suffix: denoting a hurricane or a whirl containing or made of the stem word.

Suffix

-nado (noun-forming suffix, plural -nados or -nadoes)

  1. Denoting a hurricane or a whirl containing or made of the stem word.
    • fire + -nado → firenado
    • snow + -nado → snownado

Forms of -nado

plural-nados
plural-nadoes

Origin of -nado

From the latter part of tornado.

Words that rhyme with -nado

Questions about -nado

What does -nado mean?
-nado means denoting a hurricane or a whirl containing or made of the stem word.
What part of speech is -nado?
-nado is a suffix.

Words near -nado in the dictionary

  1. -na
  2. -na adjective
  3. -na adjectives
  4. -nab
  5. -nab-
  6. -nado
  7. -nadoes
  8. -nados
  9. -nakinra
  10. -nap
  11. -nast

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