-ship

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-ship

/ˈʃɪp/
[ˈʃʰɪp]

Rhymes with -ɪp

Where it comes from

From Middle English -schipe, -shippe, from Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz.

Compare Scots -schip, West Frisian -skip, Dutch -schap, German -schaft, Swedish -skap, Icelandic -skapur. Related to shape.

suffix -ships

countable, morpheme, uncountable Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develops one's character. fellow + -ship → fellowship
Similar: -ness, -hood, -itude, -th, -ity, -dom

Translations

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suffix suffix denoting a property or state of being

Español	-azgo, -dad
Português	-idade
Français	-esse, -eur
Deutsch	-schaft
Italiano	-ezza, -ità, -enza
Română	-ie, -itate, -tate, -ătate
Русский	-ство -stvo
Tiếng Việt	mối

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BibTeX

@misc{ship_2026,
  title = {-ship},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ship},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}