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-ic

/ɪk/ Australia, Canada, US
/ək/ New Zealand
/ik/ India

Where it comes from

From Middle English -ik, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos, formed with the i-stem suffix *-i- and the adjectival suffix *-kos, *-ḱos. Compare Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós), Sanskrit -इक (-ika) and Old Church Slavonic -ъкъ (-ŭkŭ). Doublet of -y; compare also -ac.

Proto-Indo-European *-kos on noun stems carried the meaning 'characteristic of, like, typical, pertaining to', and on adjectival stems it acted emphatically.

suffix more -ic · most -ic · -ick

morpheme Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”. Cyril + -ic → Cyrillic
morpheme Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a greater oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).

Translations

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suffix Note: these translations are a guide only. For more precise translations, see individual words ending in -ic

Español	-ico
한국어	적 jeok
日本語	的 -teki
हिन्दी	इक ik
Português	-ico
Français	-ique
Deutsch	-isch
Italiano	-ico
Ελληνικά	-ικός -ikós
Русский	-ский -skij
العربية	ـِيّ -iyy

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BibTeX

@misc{ic_2026,
  title = {-ic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}