suffix
See also: Suffix
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin suffīxus (“suffix”), from sub- (“under”) + fīxus (perfect passive participle of fīgere (“to fasten, fix”)), equivalent to sub- + -fix.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsuffix (plural suffixes)
- (grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
- (mathematics) A subscript.
- (computing) A final segment of a string of characters.
- The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".
Usage notes
edit- The plural suffices occasionally appears (including in one educational publication), but it is not a standard plural and has no basis in the Latin origin of the term.
Coordinate terms
edit- (types of affixes): adfix, affix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, disfix, duplifix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, prefixoid, simulfix, suffixoid, suprafix, transfix
Derived terms
editTranslations
editmorpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
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See also
editVerb
editsuffix (third-person singular simple present suffixes, present participle suffixing, simple past and past participle suffixed)
- (transitive) To append (something) to the end of something else.
Related terms
editTranslations
editappend (something) to the end of something else
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Further reading
editSwedish
editNoun
editsuffix n
Declension
editDeclension of suffix
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | suffix | suffix |
definite | suffixet | suffixets | |
plural | indefinite | suffix | suffix |
definite | suffixen | suffixens |
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