-algia

• -algy

Learned borrowing from New Latin -algia, a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -αλγία (-algía), from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). By surface analysis, alg- +‎ -ia.

-algia

1. pain, suffering

• -dynia
• -odynia

• analgesia
• analgesic
• algesia
• algo-

Learned borrowing from New Latin -algia.

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /alˈd͡ʒi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: -al‧gì‧a

-algia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -algie)

1. algia

• -aglia, Galia, aliga

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -αλγία (-algía), from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɫ.ɡi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [al̠ʲ.d͡ʒi.a]

-algia (New Latin)

1. Used to form nouns identifying specific kinds or loci of pain

Learned borrowing from New Latin -algia.

-algia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -algias)

1. (pathology) -algia; -algy (pain in the suffixed region)

• “-algia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “-algia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Learned borrowing from New Latin -algia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈalxja/ [ˈal.xja]
• Rhymes: -alxja
• Syllabification: -al‧gia

-algia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -algias)

1. -algy, -algia

• “-algia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025