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Definitions for suffix
ˈsʌf ɪks; ˈsʌf ɪks, səˈfɪkssuf·fix
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Princeton's WordNet
suffix, postfix(verb)
an affix that is added at the end of the word
suffix(verb)
attach a suffix to
"suffix words"
Wiktionary
suffix(Noun)
One or more letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning, such as able, which changes sing into singable, for example.
Etymology: From sub + fixus, perfect passive participle of figere.
suffix(Verb)
to append (something) to the end of something else
Etymology: From sub + fixus, perfect passive participle of figere.
Webster Dictionary
Suffix(noun)
a letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix
Etymology: [L. suffixus, p. p. of suffigere to fasten on, to affix; sub under + figere to fix: cf. F. suffixe. See Fix.]
Suffix(noun)
a subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript, a
Etymology: [L. suffixus, p. p. of suffigere to fasten on, to affix; sub under + figere to fix: cf. F. suffixe. See Fix.]
Suffix(verb)
to add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append
Etymology: [L. suffixus, p. p. of suffigere to fasten on, to affix; sub under + figere to fix: cf. F. suffixe. See Fix.]
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Suffix
In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Particularly in the study of Semitic languages, a suffix is called an afformative, as they can alter the form of the words to which they are fixed. In Indo-European studies, a distinction is made between suffixes and endings. A word-final segment that is somewhere between a free morpheme and a bound morpheme is known as a suffixoid or a semi-suffix. Suffixes can carry grammatical information or lexical information. An inflectional suffix is sometimes called a desinence. Some examples in European languages: Many synthetic languages—Czech, German, Finnish, Latin, Hungarian, Russian, Turkish, etc.—use a large number of endings. Suffixes used in English frequently have Greek, French, or Latin origins.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Suffix
suf′iks, n. a particle added to the root of a word.—v.t. Suffix′, to add a letter or syllable to a word to mark different notions and relations.—adj. Suff′ixal.—n. Suffix′ion. [L. suffixus, sub, under, figĕre, to fix.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of suffix in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of suffix in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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- لاحقةArabic
- суфіксBelarusian
- суфикс, наставкаBulgarian
- příponaCzech
- endelseDanish
- Suffix, mit einem Suffix versehen, suffigieren, Nachsilbe, nachgestellte SilbeGerman
- επίθημαGreek
- sufiksoEsperanto
- sufijoSpanish
- پسوندPersian
- pääte, liittää, suffiksiFinnish
- suffixe, suffixerFrench
- iar-mhìr, iar-leasachanScottish Gaelic
- प्रत्ययHindi
- szuffixumHungarian
- վերջածանցArmenian
- suffixoInterlingua
- sufixoIdo
- viðskeyti, skeyta viðIcelandic
- suffissoItalian
- סִיוֹמHebrew
- 接尾辞, サフィックスJapanese
- სუფიქსიGeorgian
- 접미사Korean
- suffixus, suffixLatin
- sufikss, piedēklisLatvian
- pīmuriMāori
- суфикс, наставкаMacedonian
- suffiksNorwegian
- aanhangsel, suffix, achtervoegselDutch
- suffiksNorwegian Nynorsk
- suffigere, suffiksNorwegian
- przyrostekPolish
- sufixoPortuguese
- sufixRomanian
- суффиксRussian
- sufiks, dometakSerbo-Croatian
- suffixSwedish
- ప్రత్యయంTelugu
- sonekTurkish
- суфіксUkrainian
- لاحقہUrdu
- hậu tốVietnamese
- poyümotVolapük
- 后缀Chinese
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