Complete Definition of "suffix"

see|Suffix
English
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Etymology
From Latin sub#Latin|sub, below, under, and fixus, perfect passive participle of figere, to fasten

Pronunciation
IPA|/�s�fɪks/
audio|en-us-suffix.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|suffixes

#one or more letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning, such as able, which changes sing into singable, for example

Translations
trans-top|letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Chinese: 尾綴
Croatian: t-|hr|sufiks|m, t-|hr|dometak|m
Czech: t-|cs|p�ípona|f
Dutch: t+|nl|achtervoegsel|n, t-|nl|suffix|m, t+|nl|aanhangsel|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|sufikso|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|pääte, t-|fi|suffiksi
French: t+|fr|suffixe|m
German: t+|de|Suffix|n
Icelandic: t-|is|viðskeyti|n
Interlingua: suffixo
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Japanese: JAchar|�尾� (setsubiji)
Latin: suffixus
Latvian: pied�klis m, sufikss m
Portuguese: t-|pt|sufixo
Romanian: t-|ro|sufix|n
Russian: t-|ru|����ик�|m|trsúffiks|scCyrl
Spanish: t-|es|sufijo|m
Volapük: poyümot
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Verb
en-verb|suffix|es

#transitive to append (something) to the end of something else

Translations
trans-top|append (something) to the end of something else
Finnish: liittää, grammar suffiksoida
Icelandic: t-|is|skeyta við
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Norwegian: t-|no|suffigere
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Related terms
affix
crucifixion
fix
fixation<!-- ??! -->
infix
prefix
suffer<!-- ??! -->
suffix tree
suffixal
suffixion

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