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Pronunciation
- /ɪʃ/ (Australia, Canada, Scotland, US)
- ĭsh
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- /iʃ/ (India)
- /əʃ/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
From Middle English -isch, -issh, from Old English -isċ (“-ish”, suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Cognate with Dutch -s; German -isch (whence Dutch -isch); Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish -isk or -sk; Lithuanian -iškas; Russian -ский (-skij); and the Ancient Greek diminutive suffix -ίσκος (-ískos). Doublet of -esque and -ski.
Meanings
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(morpheme, of adjectives from common nouns) Typical of, similar to, being like.
Her face had a girlish charm.
[…] ; for she had recently developed a magpie[-]ish tendency to appropriate and conceal trifling matters; […]
1859, Harriet Parr (as Holme Lee), Against Wind and Tide, volume 1, p. 273
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(morpheme, of adjectives from adjectives, with a diminutive force) Somewhat, rather.
By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:Her face had a bluish tinge.
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(especially, morpheme, of adjectives from numbers, of times and ages) About, approximately.
I couldn't tell his precise age, but he looked fiftyish.
We arrived at tennish. We arrived tennish.
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(morpheme, of adjectives from roots of proper nouns denoting names of nations or regions) Of, belonging, or relating to (a nationality, place, language or similar association with something).
British, Cornish, Danish, English, Finnish, Irish, Jewish, Kentish, Polish, Scottish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish etc.
Relateds
Synonyms
-form (being like) · -iform (being like) · -ly (being like) · -y (being like) · -esque (being like) · -like (being like; forms adjectives from nouns only) · -some (being like) · para- (being like) · -ass (being like; restricted to casual registers) · -oid (being like) · quasi- (being like)
Translations (128)
hu -os (appended to adjectives) · da -esisk (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · hu -os (appended to words) · nl -ig (appended to words) · fr environ (appended to numbers) · tr -lerde, -larda (appended to numbers) · scn -itanu (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · sv -isk (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · az -sov (appended to adjectives) · non -iskr (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · hu -i (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · ro -esc (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · fo -skur (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · ro -iu (appended to words) · fr -aise (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · pl -iczny (appended to words) · cs -ský (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · scn -isa (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · it -ica (appended to words) · nl -ig (appended to adjectives) · pl -ski (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · sh -ast (appended to adjectives) · da -isk (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · gv -ish (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · nl -isch (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · fr à peu près (appended to numbers) · it -ico (appended to words) · id -an (appended to numbers) · fr assez (appended to adjectives) · pl koło (appended to numbers) · tr -imtrak (appended to adjectives) · sv -aktig (appended to words) · es -és (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · hu -nyi (appended to numbers) · scn -otu (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · ka -ელი (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · es -iento (appended to words) · hu -ös (appended to adjectives) · de -lich (appended to adjectives) · gl -és (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · fr -aine (appended to numbers) · pt -esas (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · de -ig (appended to words) · ja っぽい (appended to words) · nb -aktig (appended to words) · fr -âtre (appended to adjectives) · tr -ca (appended to words) · ro -ic (appended to words) · tr -ça (appended to words) · az -təhər (appended to adjectives) · hu -es (appended to words) · az -ımtıl (appended to adjectives) · tr -imsi (appended to adjectives) · tr -çe (appended to words) · hu -beli (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · scn -anu (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · scn -itani (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · fr -aine (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · ka -ური (appended to words) · el -ικός (appended to words) · sa -ईय (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · scn -oti (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · ru -ва́тый (appended to adjectives) · es -ento (appended to adjectives) · fr -ois (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · hu -ös (appended to words) · hu nagyjából (appended to numbers) · scn -itana (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · ka მო- -ო (appended to adjectives) · tr -ce (appended to words) · hi सा (appended to adjectives) · fr -ain (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · pl -awy (appended to adjectives) · ro -iu (appended to adjectives) · hy -ոտ (appended to numbers) · fi -hkö (appended to adjectives) · de ca. (appended to numbers) · is -skur (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · no -sk (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · nl rond (appended to numbers) · ru -ский (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · da -sk (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · fr -ais (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · lt -okas (appended to adjectives) · ro -esc (appended to words) · pt -ês (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · hu -dad (appended to words) · hu -es (appended to adjectives) · hy -ական (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · scn -ota (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · nl -achtig (appended to adjectives) · eu -xka (appended to adjectives) · fi -hko (appended to adjectives) · de -lich (appended to words) · got -𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · pt -eses (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · hy -ավուն (appended to adjectives) · hu -s (appended to words) · hy -ական (appended to words) · hu körül (appended to numbers) · scn -isi (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · hu -s (appended to adjectives) · cy -aidd (appended to words) · pt -ico (appended to words) · de um ... herum (appended to numbers) · pt -esa (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · ka -ოდე (appended to numbers) · de -haft (appended to words) · es -esa (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · de -isch (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · gv -agh (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · fr -oise (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · ro -ui (appended to adjectives) · scn -ana (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · nl -s (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · pl około (appended to numbers) · ga scoth- (appended to adjectives) · scn -isi (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · es -ico (appended to words) · scn -ani (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · hu -as (appended to words) · cy -aidd (appended to adjectives) · nl -achtig (appended to words) · hu -ded (appended to words) · sq -ëz (appended to words) · ar ـِيّ (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) · hu -as (appended to adjectives) · es -oso (appended to adjectives)