Dictionary

-ify en · X

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪfaɪ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify From Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ificāre, from -ficus, from faciō (“to make, do”). For example, purify from purificare, from purificus.

Meanings

1. (morpheme) Forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns.
2. (morpheme) Forms intransitive verbs meaning "to become" from adjectives and nouns.

Forms

Relateds

-ific · -fication · -faction · en- · -ficant · -fic · -ficance · em- · -ificance · -ate · be- · -ificant · -ifier · -ification · -fier

Synonyms

-ize · -ise

Translations (73)

bg -ифицирам (forms verbs meaning "to make") · hu -ikál (forms verbs meaning "to make") · az -ləşdirmək (forms verbs meaning "to make") · hak -化 (forms verbs meaning "to make") · uk -ифікува́ти (forms verbs meaning "to make") · hu -ít (forms verbs meaning "to make") · tr -leştirmek (forms verbs meaning "to make") · cmn -化 (forms verbs meaning "to make") · tr -laştırmak (forms verbs meaning "to make") · hu -osít (forms verbs meaning "to make") · sv -ifiera (forms verbs meaning "to make") · sq -ifikoj (forms verbs meaning "to make") · nn -fisere (forms verbs meaning "to make") · oc -ficar (forms verbs meaning "to make") · sv -ficera (forms verbs meaning "to make") · nl -iseren (forms verbs meaning "to make") · fi -ifioida (forms verbs meaning "to make") · sv -fiera (forms verbs meaning "to make") · io -ifar (forms verbs meaning "to make") · az -laşdırmaq (forms verbs meaning "to make") · nb -fisere (forms verbs meaning "to make") · eu -ifikatu (forms verbs meaning "to make") · nb -ifisere (forms verbs meaning "to make") · pl -fikować (forms verbs meaning "to make") · hu -asít (forms verbs meaning "to make") · sv -ificera (forms verbs meaning "to make") · nn -ifisere (forms verbs meaning "to make") · ca -ificar (forms verbs meaning "to make") · oc -ificar (forms verbs meaning "to make") · ast -ificar (forms verbs meaning "to make") · it -ficare (forms verbs meaning "to make") · cs -fikovat (forms verbs meaning "to make") · fi -ntää (forms verbs meaning "to make") · da -ficere (forms verbs meaning "to make") · eu -fikatu (forms verbs meaning "to make") · ro -ifica (forms verbs meaning "to make") · sq -fikoj (forms verbs meaning "to make") · it -ificare (forms verbs meaning "to make") · ru -ифици́ровать (forms verbs meaning "to make") · de -fizieren (forms verbs meaning "to make") · af -fiseer (forms verbs meaning "to make") · de -ifizieren (forms verbs meaning "to make") · es -ificar (forms verbs meaning "to make") · hu -ösít (forms verbs meaning "to make") · gl -ificar (forms verbs meaning "to make") · io -ifikar (forms verbs meaning "to make") · fr -ifier (forms verbs meaning "to make") · fi -fioida (forms verbs meaning "to make") · be -іфікаваць (forms verbs meaning "to make") · vi ... hoá (forms verbs meaning "to make") · nan-hbl -化 (forms verbs meaning "to make") · da -ificere (forms verbs meaning "to make") · nl -ifiseren (forms verbs meaning "to make") · ko 화(化)하다 (forms verbs meaning "to make") · el -ποιώ (forms verbs meaning "to make") · hu -ifikál (forms verbs meaning "to make") · hu -esít (forms verbs meaning "to make") · fi -staa (forms verbs meaning "to make") · yi ־יפֿיצירן (forms verbs meaning "to make") · hu -sít (forms verbs meaning "to make") · ia -ificar (forms verbs meaning "to make") · af -ifiseer (forms verbs meaning "to make") · eo -igi (forms verbs meaning "to make") · cs -ifikovat (forms verbs meaning "to make") · mt -fika (forms verbs meaning "to make") · mt -ifika (forms verbs meaning "to make") · ar فَعَّلَ (forms verbs meaning "to make") · yue -化 (forms verbs meaning "to make") · fi -ntaa (forms verbs meaning "to make") · fi -stää (forms verbs meaning "to make") · ia -ficar (forms verbs meaning "to make") · pt -ificar (forms verbs meaning "to make") · la -ifico (forms verbs meaning "to make")