-sauro

• IPA^(key): /ˈsawɾo/ [ˈs̺ɑw.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -awɾo

-sauro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -sauros)

1. -saurus

• “-sauro” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.

• -sáurio (Portugal)

Learned borrowing from Translingual -saurus, borrowed from Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros), from σαύρα (saúra). Doublet of sauro-.

• Rhymes: -awɾu
• Hyphenation: sau‧ro

-sauro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -sauros, feminine (colloquial) -saura, feminine plural (colloquial) -sauras)

1. Forms nouns for the names of dinosaurs: -saurus

• The suffix's initial ⟨s⟩ is doubled when following a base ending in a vowel:
  • ‎dino- + ‎-sauro → ‎dinossauro
  • ‎plio- + ‎-sauro → ‎pliossauro
  • ‎mosa- + ‎-sauro → ‎mosassauro

• “-sauro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “-sauro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “-sauro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “-sauro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026