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-rama

-rama suffix: alteration of -orama, used in suffixing a word ending with an r or vowel sound.

Suffix

-rama

  1. Alteration of -orama, used in suffixing a word ending with an r or vowel sound.
    • camera → camerarama or
    • future → futurama (formed by eliding the e and merging the two rs into one)

Origin of -rama

A libfix, a modification of -orama, influenced by diorama and panorama, and thus indirectly derived from Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “sight, spectacle”).

Words formed from -rama

  • Cinerama
  • futurama
  • Glamarama
  • as a nickname for Tamarama Beach
  • in NSW
  • Australia
  • Dollarama
  • rifferama
  • music characterized by heavy riffing
  • voterama
  • vote-a-rama
  • a kind of voting session in the US Senate
  • a voting registration event

Questions about -rama

What does -rama mean?
-rama means alteration of -orama, used in suffixing a word ending with an r or vowel sound.
What part of speech is -rama?
-rama is a suffix.

Words near -rama in the dictionary

  1. -pœia
  2. -quel
  3. -quine
  4. -quinil
  5. -racil
  6. -rama
  7. -rd
  8. -rds
  9. -red
  10. -rel
  11. -relin

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