Suffix

//ˈsʌfɪks//

Synonyms for "suffix" (120 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Noun(1 words)
affix

Strong matches (36)

Related words (60)

Noun(1 words)
postfix

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More general

5 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

10 entries

derived

9 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

3 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

15 entries

Translations

123 translations across 75 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • agtervoegsel noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • suffiks noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Albanian

1 entries
  • prapashtesë noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Arabic

1 entries
  • لَاحِقَة noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • sufixo noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Armenian

1 entries
  • վերջածանց noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Asturian

1 entries
  • sufixu noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • suffiks noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • şəkilçi noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • су́фікс noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Bengali

1 entries
  • প্রত্যয় noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Breton

1 entries
  • lostger noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • наста́вка noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • суфи́кс noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Burmese

1 entries
  • နောက်ဆက် noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Catalan

2 entries
  • sufix noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • sufixar verb (append (something) to the end of something else)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • پاشگِر noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 尾綴 /尾缀 noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • 後綴 /后缀 noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • suffiks noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Czech

1 entries
  • přípona noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Danish

1 entries
  • suffiks noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Dutch

2 entries
  • aanhangsel noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • achtervoegsel noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • postafikso noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • sufikso noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Estonian

1 entries
  • sufiks noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Finnish

4 entries
  • jälkiliite noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • pääte noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • suffiksi noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • takaliite noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Galician

1 entries
  • sufixo noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ბოლოსართი noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • სუფიქსი noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

German

4 entries
  • Anhängsilbe noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • Nachsilbe noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • Postfix noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • Suffix noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Greek

2 entries
  • επίθημα noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • επιθηματοποιώ verb (append (something) to the end of something else)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סוֹפִית noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Hindi

1 entries
  • प्रत्यय noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • képző noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • toldalék noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • végződés noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • hozzáilleszt verb (append (something) to the end of something else)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • viðskeyti noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • skeyta við verb (append (something) to the end of something else)

Ido

1 entries
  • sufixo noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • akhiran noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Irish

1 entries
  • iarmhír noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Italian

1 entries
  • suffisso noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 接尾語 noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • 接尾辞 noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жұрнақ noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Khmer

1 entries
  • បច្ច័យ noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Korean

2 entries
  • 접미사 noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • 접미어 noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • суффикс noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Lao

1 entries
  • ວິພັດ noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Latin

1 entries
  • affixum noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Latvian

2 entries
  • piedēklis noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • sufikss noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • priesaga noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • sufiksas noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • наставка noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • суфикс noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Malay

1 entries
  • akhiran noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • залгавар noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Māori

3 entries
  • hiku noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • kūmuri noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • pīmuri noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • paşgir noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • suffigere verb (append (something) to the end of something else)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • suffiks noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • suffiks noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Old English

1 entries
  • ġeendung noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Persian

1 entries
  • پسوند noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Polish

1 entries
  • przyrostek noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • sufixo noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • sufixar verb (append (something) to the end of something else)

Quechua

1 entries
  • k'askaq noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Romanian

1 entries
  • sufix noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Russian

2 entries
  • по́стфикс noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • су́ффикс noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • iar-leasachan noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • iar-mhìr noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dometak noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • sufiks noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • дометак noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • суфикс noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Slovak

1 entries
  • prípona noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Slovene

1 entries
  • pripona noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Spanish

2 entries
  • sufijo noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • sufijar verb (append (something) to the end of something else)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kiambishi tamati noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • hulapi noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Tajik

2 entries
  • пасванд noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • суффикс noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பின்னொட்டு noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Thai

1 entries
  • ปัจจัย noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Turkish

1 entries
  • sonek noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • suffiks noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • су́фікс noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • suffiks noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • hậu tố noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • đuôi noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Volapük

1 entries
  • poyümot noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)

Welsh

4 entries
  • olddodiad noun (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
  • atodi verb (append (something) to the end of something else)
  • olddodi verb (append (something) to the end of something else)
  • ychwanegu verb (append (something) to the end of something else)

Sample sentences

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You just have to understand what sort of thing the suffix '-osity' is.

Source: tatoeba (328428)

There are many situations in which this suffix might be used.

Source: tatoeba (598734)

The suffix "um" doesn't have a definite meaning, and, for that reason, one must learn the (very few) words with "um" as simple words. For example: plenumi, kolumo, manumo.

Source: tatoeba (1062183)

The suffix "inho" is often used in Portuguese names: Mariazinha, Pedrinho e Zezinho are some examples.

Source: tatoeba (1750163)

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