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suffix
- /ˈsʌfɪks/
- /səˈfɪks/
Rhymes with -ɪks
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin suffīxus (“suffix”), from sub- (“under”) + fīxus (perfect passive participle of fīgere (“to fasten, fix”)), equivalent to sub- + -fix.
noun suffixes
- A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning. The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable".
- A subscript.
- A final segment of a string of characters. The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".
verb suffixes · suffixing · suffixed
- To append (something) to the end of something else. [...] by suffixing the ending -or to collaborat-, the stem of collaboratus, pp. of collaborare, to work together with.
- To cause (something) to be appended with something else at its end. [...] by suffixing the verb with the gerundive suffix [...]
- To treat or use as a suffix.
