-ify

English

Alternative forms

• -fy

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪfaɪ/

Suffix

-ify

1. To produce verbs meaning to make.

Synonyms

• -ise
• -ize

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ify

Related terms

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

Translations

to produce verbs meaning to make

• Afrikaans: -ifiseer, -fiseer
• Albanian: -ifikoj, -fikoj
• Arabic: فَعَّلَ (ar) (faʕʕala)
• Asturian: -ificar
• Azerbaijani: -laşdırmaq, -ləşdirmək
• Basque: -ifikatu, -fikatu
• Belarusian: -іфікаваць (-ifikavacʹ)
• Bulgarian: -ифицирам (-ificiram)
• Catalan: -ificar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: -化 (faa³)

  Hakka: -化 (fa)

  Hokkien: -化 (hoà)

  Mandarin: -化 (zh) (-huà)

• Czech: -ifikovat, -fikovat
• Danish: -ificere, -ficere
• Dutch: -ifiseren, -iseren (nl)
• Esperanto: -igi (eo)
• Finnish: -ntaa, -ntää, -staa, -stää, -ifioida, -fioida
• French: -ifier (fr)
• Galician: -ificar
• German: -fizieren (de), -ifizieren
• Greek: -ποιώ (el) (-poió)
• Hungarian: -ifikál, -ikál, -ít (hu), -sít (hu), -esít, -osít, -ösít, -asít
• Ido: -ifar, -ifikar
• Interlingua: -ificar, -ficar
• Italian: -ificare, -ficare (it)
• Japanese: -化する (ja) (-かする, -ka-suru) (化 (ja) (-か, -ka) + する (ja) (-suru))
• Korean: -화(化)-하다 (-hwa-hada)
• Latin: -ifico
• Maltese: -ifika, -fika
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -ifisere, -fisere

  Nynorsk: -ifisere, -fisere

• Occitan: -ificar, -ficar
• Polish: -fikować
• Portuguese: -ificar
• Romanian: -ifica
• Russian: -ифици́ровать (-ificírovatʹ)
• Spanish: -ificar (es)
• Swedish: -ifiera, -fiera (sv), -ificera, -ficera
• Turkish: -laştırmak, -leştirmek
• Ukrainian: -ифікува́ти (-yfikuváty)
• Vietnamese: ... hoá (vi) (-化)
• Yiddish: ־יפֿיצירן (-ifitsirn)

See also

• -ate
• be-
• em-
• en-

Anagrams

• FYI, yif