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suffix
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suffixum (“suffix”), from sub (“under, beneath”) + fixus, perfect passive participle of figere (“to fasten, fix”).
Pronunciation
- (noun) IPA(key): /?s?f?ks/
- (verb) IPA(key): /?s?f?ks/, /s??f?ks/
- Rhymes: -?ks
Noun
suffix (plural suffixes)
- (grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
- Synonym: (narrow sense) affix
- Antonym: prefix
- Hypernym: (broad sense) affix
- (mathematics) A subscript.
- (computing) A final segment of a string of characters.
Usage notes
- The plural suffices occasionally appears (including in one educational publication), but it is not a standard plural and has no basis in the Latin origin of the term.
Coordinate terms
- (types of affixes): adfix, affix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, disfix, duplifix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, prefixoid, simulfix, suffixoid, suprafix, transfix
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Category:English suffixes
Verb
suffix (third-person singular simple present suffixes, present participle suffixing, simple past and past participle suffixed)
- (transitive) To append (something) to the end of something else.
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- suffix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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suffixlike
English
Etymology
suffix +? -like
Adjective
suffixlike (comparative more suffixlike, superlative most suffixlike)
- (linguistics) Resembling or characteristic of a suffix.
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