-nado

suffix

Denoting a hurricane or a whirl containing or made of the stem word.

“fire + -nado → firenado”

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Meanings

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

plural -nados · plural -nadoes

  1. Denoting a hurricane or a whirl containing or made of the stem word.

    fire + -nado → firenado

    1 more example

    snow + -nado → snownado

Origin

From the latter part of tornado.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with -nado

toledodado
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Cite this entry
APA

-nado. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-nado

MLA

“-nado.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-nado. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-nado,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-nado.

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