Inflectional suffix
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An ending, a suffix added to a word and forming part of a declensional or conjugational paradigm.
"In English the inflectional suffix -ed is used to form the past of most regular verbs."
- 2 an inflection that is added at the end of a root word wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"In English the inflectional suffix -ed is used to form the past of most regular verbs."