Latin Suffixes
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44 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 -able, -ible | able to be; capable of being intelligible, probable, inevetible |
| -ade | action or process blockade, escapade, parade |
| -age | action or process marriage, pilgrimage, voyage |
| -al, -ial | of; like; relating to; suitable for potential, musical, national |
| -ance | act; process; quality; state of being tolerance, alliance, acceptance |
| -ant | one who assistant, immigrant, merchant |
| -ary | of; like; relating to customary, honorary, obituary |
| -ate | characteristic of; to become officiate, consecrate, activate |
| -cle, -icle | small corpuscle, cubicle, particle |
| -cy | fact or state of being diplomacy, privacy, relevancy |
| -dom | state or quality of boredom, freedom, martyrdom |
| -ence | act or state of being occurence, conference |
| -ent | doing; having; showing fraudulent, dependant, negligent |
| -er | one who; that which boxer, rancher, employer |
| -ery | place for; act; practice of surgery, robbery, nursery |
| -esque | like picturesque, statuesque |
| -ess | female goddess, heiress, princess |
| -ful | full of careful, fearful, joyful, thoughtful |
| -ible | capable of being collectible, legible, divisible |
| -ic | relating to; characteristic of comic, historic, poetic, public |
| -ify | to make; to cause to be modify, glorify, beautify, pacify |
| -ion | act, condition, or result of calculation, action, confederation |
| -ish | of or belonging to; characterized by tallish, amateurish, selfish |
| -ism | act, practice, or result of; example barbarism, heroism, cynicism |
| -ity | condition; state of being integrity, sincerity, calamity, purity |
| -ive | of; relating to; belonging to; tending to inquisitive, active, creative |
| -ize | make; cause to be; subject to jeopardize, standardize, computerize |
| -less | without ageless, careless, thoughtless, tireless |
| -let | small islet, leaflet, owlet, rivulet, starlet |
| -like | like; characteristic of childlike, waiflike |
| -logy | study or theory of biology, ecology,geology |
| -ly "daily" | every daily, weekly, monthly, yearly |
| -ly "fatherly" | like; characteristic of fatherly, queenly, deadly |
| -ly "officially" | resembling officially, sincerely, kindly |
| -ment "government" | action or process development, government |
| -ment "amusement" | state or quality of amusement, amazement, predicament |
| -ment "instrument" | product or thing fragment, instrument, ornament |
| -ness | state or quality of being kindness, abruptness, happiness |
| -or | one who actor, auditor, doctor, doner |
| -ous | having; full of; characterized by riotous, courageous, advantageous |
| -ship | state or quality of being censorship, ownership, governorship |
| -some | like; tending to be meddlesome, bothersome, noisome |
| -tude | state or quality or being solitude, multitude, aptitude |
| -y | characterized by thrifty, jealousy, frequency, sticky |
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