-opoli

Italian

Etymology

After Tangentopoli, which was formed from tangente (“kickback”) + -poli (“city”), but was reanalyzed by journalists to produce a suffix analogous to English -gate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.po.li/

Suffix

-opoli f

  1. -gate (used to form names of scandals)

Derived terms

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