suffix

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Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA: /ˈsʌfɪks/
• (verb) IPA: /ˈsʌfɪks/, /səˈfɪks/

Noun

suffix (plural suffixes)

1. (grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

   Synonyms: affix

   Antonyms: prefix

   Hypernyms: affix

   The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable".

2. (mathematics) A subscript.
3. (computing) A final segment of a string of characters.

   The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".

Translations

• French: suffixe
• German: Suffix (Suffixum, Affix (narrow sense), Affixum), Postfix, Nachsilbe, Anhängsilbe
• Italian: suffisso
• Portuguese: sufixo
• Russian: су́ффикс
• Spanish: sufijo

Verb

suffix (suffixes, present participle suffixing; past and past participle suffixed)

1. (transitive) To append (something) to the end of something else.

Related terms

• affix
• crucifixion
• fix
• fixation
• infix
• postfix
• prefix
• suffixal
• suffixion
• suffix tree

Translations

• French: suffixer
• German: suffigieren (linguistics), mit einem Suffix versehen
• Portuguese: sufixar
• Spanish: sufijar

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