-voltine

suffix

Having a certain number of broods or generations in a year.

OriginFrench -voltin ← Italian volta →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. Having a certain number of broods or generations in a year.

Origin

  1. Italianvolta“time, instance, occasion”
  2. French-voltin
  3. English-voltine

From French -voltin, from Italian volta (“time, instance, occasion”) + -in.

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

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Chicago

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

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