Suffix
/ˈsʌfɪks/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
"The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable"."
- 2 an affix that is added at the end of the word wordnet
- 3 A subscript.
- 4 A final segment of a string of characters.
"The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra"."
Verb
- 1 To append (something) to the end of something else. transitive
- 2 attach a suffix to wordnet
Example
More examples"You just have to understand what sort of thing the suffix '-osity' is."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suffīxus (“suffix”), from sub- (“under”) + fīxus (perfect passive participle of fīgere (“to fasten, fix”)), equivalent to sub- + -fix.