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An affix added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word or functioning as an inflectional ending, such as -ness in gentleness, -ing in walking, or -s in sits.
tr.v., -fixed, -fix·ing, -fix·es.To add as a suffix.
[New Latin suffīxum, from Latin, neuter of suffīxus : sub-, sub- + fīgere, to fix, fasten.]
suffixal suf'fix·al adj.
A letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning. For example, adding the suffix -ter to the adjective hot turns it into the comparative adjective hotter, and adding the suffix -ly to the adjective quick turns it into the adverb quickly. Other examples of words with suffixes are: “willing,” “management,” “serviceable,” “harmonize,” and “joyful.” (Compare prefix.)
When you take the word sing and add the suffix -er, you get the word singer.
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In grammar, a suffix — a form of affix — follows the morpheme to which it attaches. Suffixes can be inflectional or derivational.
An inflectional suffix is sometimes called a desinence.[1]
Suffixes appear as additions at the end of a word or at the end of part of a word.
Suffixes used in English frequently have Greek, French or Latin origins.
A suffix can have a grammatical (derivational or inflectional) function. In this example:
The suffix -ly modifies the root-word clear to make it from an adjective into an adverb.
Alternatively, a suffix can have a semantic function. In this example:
the suffix -ish modifies the root-word clear, changing its meaning to "clear, but not very clear"
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - endetillæg, suffiks
v. tr. - tilføje
Nederlands (Dutch)
achtervoegsel, toevoegen
Français (French)
n. - suffixe
v. tr. - ajouter un suffixe, suffixer
Deutsch (German)
n. - Suffix, Nachsilbe, (tiefgestellter) Index
v. - als Suffix einfügen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γραμμ.) παραγωγική κατάληξη, (μαθημ.) κάτω δείκτης
Português (Portuguese)
n. - sufixo (m)
Русский (Russian)
суффикс, прибавлять суффикс
Español (Spanish)
n. - sufijo
v. tr. - añadir como sufijo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - suffix, ändelse
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
字尾, 添标, 下标, 加...作字尾
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 字尾, 添標, 下標
v. tr. - 加...作字尾
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 접미사
v. tr. - 접미사로서 붙이다, ~의 끝에 붙이다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 接尾辞
v. - 接尾辞として付ける
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) لاحقه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - סופית, סיומת, טפולה
v. tr. - הוסיף סופית למילה
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