Editing Italian grammar (section)

===Alteration===
In Italian, altered nouns are nouns with particular shades of meaning. They are divided into [[diminutive]]s, ''vezzeggiativi'' (diminutives with kindness and sympathy nuance), [[augmentative]]s and [[Pejorative suffix|pejorative]]s.

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! rowspan="7" | ''diminutivi'' <br /> ([[diminutive]])
| ''-ino''
| tavolo (''table'')
| tavol'''ino''' (''small table'')
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| ''-etto''
| libro (''book'')
| libr'''etto'''
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| ''-atto''
| cerbia (''deer'')
| cerbi'''atto''' (''fawn'')
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| ''-ello''
| bambino (''child'')
| bambin'''ello''' (''small child'')
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| ''-icello''
| monte (''mountain'')
| mont'''icello'''
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| ''-icciolo''
| porto (''port'')
| port'''icciolo'''
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| ''-acchio''
| orso (''bear'')
| ors'''acchio'''
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! rowspan="5" | ''vezzeggiativi'' <br /> ([[terms of endearment]])
| ''-uccio''
| cavallo (''horse'')
| cavall'''uccio'''
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| ''-acchiotto''
| orso (''bear'')
| ors'''acchiotto'''
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| ''-iciattolo''
| fiume (''river'')
| fium'''iciattolo'''
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| ''-olo''
| figlio (''son'')
| figli'''olo''' (also ''figliuolo'')
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| ''-otto''
| cucciolo (''puppy'')
| cucciol'''otto'''
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! rowspan="2" | ''accrescitivi'' <br /> ([[augmentative]])
| ''-one''
| libro (''book'')
| libr'''one''' (''big book'')
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| ''-accione''
| uomo (''man'')
| om'''accione'''
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! rowspan="6" | ''dispregiativi'' <br /> ([[pejorative suffix|pejorative]])
| ''-accio''
| libro (''book'')
| libr'''accio''' (''bad book'')
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| ''-astro''
| medico (''medic'')
| medic'''astro''' (''quack doctor'')
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| ''-ucolo''
| poeta (''poet'')
| poet'''ucolo'''
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| ''-onzolo''
| medico (''medic'')
| medic'''onzolo'''
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| ''-uncolo''
| uomo (''man'')
| om'''uncolo''' (''insignificant man'')
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| ''-otto''
| contadino (''farmer'')
| contadin'''otto''' (''peasant'')
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Many other alterations can be built, sometimes with more than one suffix: for example, ''libro'' ('book') can become ''libretto'' (diminutive), ''libricino'' (double diminutive), ''libercolo'' (diminutive + pejorative), ''libraccio'' (pejorative), ''libraccione'' (pejorative + augmentative).
''Uomo'' ('man'), coming from Latin ''homo'', becomes ''om-'' in altered forms: ''omino''/''ometto'' (diminutive), ''omone'' (augmentative), ''omaccio'' (pejorative), ''omaccione'' (augmentative + pejorative).