Dictionary

desinence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛsənəns/ (US)
• /ˈdɛsɪnəns/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French désinence, from Latin dēsinentia, present participle of dēsinō (“to stop, end, close, make an end”).

Meanings

1. A suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix.

Forms

Relateds

desinential

Translations (24)

ga foirceann (inflectional word-ending) · cs koncovka (inflectional word-ending) · sv ändelse (inflectional word-ending) · mn нөхцөл (inflectional word-ending) · hu végződés (inflectional word-ending) · uk закінчення (inflectional word-ending) · io dezinenco (inflectional word-ending) · nl uitgang (inflectional word-ending) · ru окончание (inflectional word-ending) · de Endung (inflectional word-ending) · ca desinència (inflectional word-ending) · it desinenza (inflectional word-ending) · fr désinence (inflectional word-ending) · pl końcówka (inflectional word-ending) · es desinencia (inflectional word-ending) · pt desinência (inflectional word-ending) · da endelse (inflectional word-ending) · sq eptim (inflectional word-ending) · nn ending (inflectional word-ending) · nb endelse (inflectional word-ending) · nb ending (inflectional word-ending) · fi taivutuspääte (inflectional word-ending) · is ending (inflectional word-ending) · hu rag (inflectional word-ending)