suffix

• Nom désignant une lettre ou un groupe de lettres ajouté à la fin d'un mot pour en changer le sens ou la fonction grammaticale.

A noun referring to a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or grammatical function.

1. Linguistic affixB2formal

   A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or grammatical function.

   suffixe (linguistique)

   • The suffix '-ness' turns the adjective 'happy' into the noun 'happiness'.
   • Adding the suffix '-ed' to a verb forms the past tense.
   • In English, the suffix '-ly' is often used to form adverbs.

   Synonymesendingpostfixtermination

• Verbe signifiant ajouter une lettre ou un groupe de lettres à la fin d'un mot pour en modifier le sens ou la fonction grammaticale.

A verb meaning to add a letter or group of letters to the end of a word to change its meaning or grammatical function.

1. Attach a suffixB2formal

   To add a letter or group of letters to the end of a word to change its meaning or grammatical function.

   Suffixer

   • In English, we often suffix '-ed' to form the past tense.
   • You can suffix '-ness' to many adjectives to create nouns.
   • The linguist explained how to suffix certain morphemes correctly.

   Synonymesaffixappendpostfix

   Antonymesprefix