-ify

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• -fy

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ficare, from -ficus, from facio, "make" or "do". For example, purify from purificare, from purificus.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɪfaɪ/

SuffixEdit

-ify

1. To produce verbs meaning to make.

SynonymsEdit

• -ise
• -ize

Derived termsEdit

► English words suffixed with -ify

Related termsEdit

• -faction
• -fic/-ific
• -ficance/-ificance
• -ficant/-ificant
• -fication/-ification
• -fier/-ifier

TranslationsEdit

to produce verbs meaning to make

• Chinese:

  Hakka: -化 (-fa)

  Mandarin: -化 (-huà)

  Min Nan: -化 (-hoà)

• Finnish: -ntaa, -ntää, -staa, -stää
• French: -ifier (fr)
• Galician: -ificar
• German: -fizieren (de)

• Greek: -ποιώ (el) (-poió)
• Ido: -ifar
• Japanese: -化する (kasuru)
• Polish: -fikować
• Portuguese: -ificar
• Russian: -ифици́ровать (-ificírovatʹ)
• Spanish: -ificar (es)

See alsoEdit

• be-
• em-
• en-

AnagramsEdit

• FYI