-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 words suffixed with -ify

Related terms

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

Translations

to produce verbs meaning to make

• Catalan: -ificar (ca)
• 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)
• Hungarian: -ikál, -ít, -sít, -esít, -osít, -ösít, -asít
• Ido: -ifar
• Japanese: -化する (kasuru)
• Latin: -ifico
• Polish: -fikować
• Portuguese: -ificar
• Russian: -ифици́ровать (-ificírovatʹ)
• Spanish: -ificar (es)

See also

• be-
• em-
• en-

Anagrams

• FYI, yif