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-ize¹

  • /-aɪz/ US, UK
  • /-ɑjz/ British, Southern, Standard

Where it comes from

From Middle English -isen, from Middle French -iser, from Late Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō), from Proto-Indo-European *-idyé- (verbal suffix). Cognate with Old English -ettan (verbal suffix).

suffix -izes · -izing · -ized · -ise

  1. morpheme to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective pixel + -ize → pixelize
  2. morpheme to do what is denoted by the noun/adjective cannibal + -ize → cannibalize

Similar: -ify, -maxx

-ize²

  • /-aɪz/ US, UK
  • /-ɑjz/ British, Southern, Standard

Where it comes from

See -ise (noun-forming suffix).

suffix -izes

  1. alternative, morpheme Alternative form of -ise (suffix used to form nouns). palliard + -ize → palliardize

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suffix

Similar: -ify, -maxx

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suffix suffix used to form verbs

Español-izar
한국어화(化)하다 -hwa-hada
中文-化 huà
Português-izar
Français-iser
Deutsch-ieren, -isieren
Italiano-izzare
Ελληνικά-ποιώ -poió, -ίζω -ízo
Română-iza
Русский-изова́ть -izovátʹ, -изи́ровать -izírovatʹ
Tiếng Việt... hoá
العربيةفَعَّلَ faʕʕala

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"-ize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-ize. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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-ize. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-ize

Chicago

"-ize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-ize.

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@misc{ize_2026,
  title = {-ize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}