suffix en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈsʌfɪks/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suffīxus (“suffix”), from sub- (“under”) + fīxus (perfect passive participle of fīgere (“to fasten, fix”)), equivalent to sub- + -fix.
Meanings
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A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
The praenomen and nomen for the most part consisted of simple stems with the suffix -us or -ius, […]
1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xiv:Before I simply create a root meaning X, is there any way I can use Ithkuil morphological categories or the 150 or so suffix categories to derive this word from a more general or primary word? […] In other words, the writer would not write or “key” a certain Ithkuil symbol, but rather would select a particular root from a database and identify the particular forms of the 22 morphological categories which apply to the root as well as any suffixes.
2006, “Ithkuil Q & A”, in The Conlanger's Library, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2025, pages 3, 6:The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable".
- A subscript.
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A final segment of a string of characters.
The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| suffixes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
suffixation · testaceology · suffixlike · semisuffix · suffixive · derivational suffix · suffixal · zero suffix · possessive suffix · suffixable · suffixhood · inflectional suffix · suffixless · null suffix · suffixness
Hypernyms
Synonyms
Translations (112)
fa-ira پَسْوَنْد (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · uz suffiks (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ka სუფიქსი (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · sw kiambishi tamati (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · vo poyümot (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · tr sonek (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · da suffiks (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · nb suffiks (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · nl aanhangsel (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ko 접미사 (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ms akhiran (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · br lostger (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · hu képző (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · fi suffiksi (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · sa प्रत्यय (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ca sufix (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · lo ວິພັດ (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · vi hậu tố (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · cs přípona (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · kmr paşgir (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ug قوشۇمچە (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · de Anhängsilbe (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · nl achtervoegsel (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ru су́ффикс (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · eo sufikso (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ar لَاحِقَة (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · tl hulapi (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · la affixum (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · tr son ek (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · sk prípona (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · af agtervoegsel (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · hu végződés (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · tg суффикс (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · km បច្ច័យ (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · lt priesaga (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · af suffiks (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · mi hiku (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ta பின்னொட்டு (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · be су́фікс (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · pl przyrostek (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · sh до̀метак (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · pt sufixo (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ga iarmhír (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ko 접미어 (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ast sufixu (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · bg суфи́кс (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · cmn 後綴 /后缀 (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ru по́стфикс (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · he סוֹפִית (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · cmn 尾綴 /尾缀 (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · lv sufikss (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · eo postafikso (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · sh dòmetak (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · mk суфикс (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · kk жұрнақ (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · sh су̀фикс (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · fi jälkiliite (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ro sufix (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ja 接尾辞 (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · it suffisso (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · de Postfix (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · sq prapashtesë (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · an sufixo (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ang ġeendung (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · io sufixo (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · es sufijo (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · uk на́росток (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · az şəkilçi (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · bn প্রত্যয় (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · tg пасванд (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · mk наставка (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · cy olddodiad (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · az suffiks (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · cmn 詞尾 /词尾 (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · de Suffix (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ur لاحِقَہ (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · nn suffiks (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ka ბოლოსართი (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · gd iar-mhìr (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · hi प्रत्यय (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ks پۆت لۆگ (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ja 接尾語 (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · my နောက်ဆက် (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · mn залгавар (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · id akhiran (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · os фӕсӕфтуан (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · uk су́фікс (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · vi đuôi (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · mi pīmuri (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ckb پاشگِر (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · qu k'askaq (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · lv piedēklis (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · lt sufiksas (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · hy վերջածանց (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · fi takaliite (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · sl pripona (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · ky суффикс (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · gl sufixo (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · fi pääte (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · tk suffiks (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · el επίθημα (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · is viðskeyti (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · bg наста́вка (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · crh suffiks (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · mi kūmuri (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · th ปัจจัย (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · de Nachsilbe (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · et sufiks (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · gd iar-leasachan (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · hu toldalék (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · sh sùfiks (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) · rue су́фикс (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)