German

Noun

Suffix n ‎(genitive Suffixes, plural Suffixe)

1. (linguistics, grammar) suffix, postfix

Declension

Synonyms

• Affixum (older)
• Postfix (rarer)
• Suffixum (older)
• Nachsilbe

Hypernyms

• Affix

Hyponyms

• Ableitungssuffix
  • Diminutivsuffix (in German: -chen, -lein, -erl, -ken, -le)
  • Augmentativsuffix
• Adverbialsuffix
• Kollektivsuffix
• Verbalsuffix

English

Noun

suffix ‎(plural suffixes)

1. One or more letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

   The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable".

2. (mathematics) A subscript.

Usage notes

• The plural suffices occasionally appears (including in one educational publication), but it is not a standard Latin plural.

Hypernyms

• affix (broad sense)

Synonyms

• affix (narrow sense)

Coordinate terms

• (types of affixes): adfix, affix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, suprafix

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)

1. (transitive) To append (something) to the end of something else.

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