-ish
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ɪʃ/
- (of adjectives from common nouns) Typical of, similar to, being like.
- Her face had a girlish charm.
- (of adjectives from adjectives, with a diminutive force) Somewhat, rather.
- Her face had a greenish tinge.
- (of adjectives from numbers, especially of times and ages) About, approximately.
- We arrived at tennish; We arrived tennish. (Sometime around ten.)
- I couldn't tell his precise age, but he looked fiftyish.
- (of adjectives from roots of proper nouns denoting names of nations or regions) Of, belonging
or relating to (a nationality, place, language or similar association with something).
- French: environ, à peu près
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