désinence
See also: desinence
French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin dēsinentia, present participle of dēsinō (“to stop, end, close, make an end”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdésinence f (plural désinences)
- (linguistics) ending, desinence, inflectional suffix
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Romanian: desinență
Further reading
edit- “désinence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.