Suffix

Definition: Suffix

Suffix

Noun

1. An affix that is added at the end of the word.

Verb

1. Attach a suffix to; "suffix words".

Date "suffix" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	A label often used in the description of an item by a programming language in order to select that item from a table in which it occurs. Source: European Union. (references)
Language	An affix which follows the root of a word immediately or after another suffix. Source: European Union. (references)
Math	The tree which is a child of a node. (references)
Post & Telecom	The significant portion of a multi-component signal. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Suffix

Synonym: ending (n). (additional references)

Antonym: prefix (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Adjunct	Rider, offshoot, episode, side issue, corollary; piece; flap, lappet, skirt, embroidery, trappings, cortege; tail, suffix; (sequel); wing.
Letter	Consonant, vowel; diphthong, triphthong; mute, liquid, labial, dental, guttural. syllable; monosyllable, dissyllable, polysyllable; affix, suffix.
Sequel	Noun: sequel, suffix, successor; tail, queue, train, wake, trail, rear; retinue, suite; appendix, postscript; epilogue; peroration; codicil; continuation, sequela; appendage; tail piece, heelpiece; tag, more last words; colophon.
Sequence	Place after, suffix, append.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Suffix

English words defined with "suffix": -able, -ably ♦ Amic ♦ -ana, -ance, -ancy, -ant, -arch ♦ archy ♦ -ate, -ation, -blast, -derm ♦ diminutive ♦ -dom, -ee, -en, -ence, -ency, -ent, -er, -escent, -esque, -ess, -est, -et, -ferous, -ful, -fy, -gen, -genous, -gerous ♦ gerundial ♦ -gram, -graphy ♦ hypocorism ♦ -ic, -ics, -ide, -in, -ine ♦ inflection, inflexion ♦ -ing ♦ Iodous ♦ -ion, -ish, -ism, -ist, -ite, -itis, -ive, -ize, -less, -let ♦ Like figures ♦ -ling, -ly, -ment, -meter, -metry, -mo, -ness, -ock, -oid, -ol, -oma, -one, -or, -ory, -ose, -ous ♦ pet name ♦ -pod, -poda ♦ Postfix, Privative, proof ♦ -ric, -s, -ship, -some, -ster ♦ Suffixed, Suffixing ♦ -uret, -ways ♦ Weak ♦ -yl. (references)

Specialty definitions using "suffix": azimuth angle ♦ bearing angle, block number ♦ census tract number, class-maintaining suffix ♦ emic, EXE, Extended Backus-Naur Form ♦ k- ♦ microlithotype, multi suffix tree ♦ phyre ♦ ranked element, ranked group, RC ♦ subtree, suffix array. (references)

Etymologies containing "suffix": thrice. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Suffix" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (extension, suffix), German (extension, suffix).

Domain	Title
Books	Arealitèat der von deutschen Wortstèammen abgeleiteten Verben mit dem Suffix -ieren in der deutschen Standardsprache und in den deutschen Mundarten und semantisch-stilistische Funktion des Suffixes -ieren anhand dieser Verben (reference) The Proto-Indo-European instrument noun suffix -tlom and its variants (reference) Vom Wort zum Suffix* : das Morphem (zeug) als Wortbildungsglied in den bairisch-èosterreichischen Mundarten (reference) Woordensmederij : de geschiedenis van het suffix -erij (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Suffix" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.24% of the time. "Suffix" is used about 133 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	96.24%	128	28,261
Lexical Verb (base form)	3.01%	4	175,879
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.75%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	133	N/A

Expressions using "suffix": inflectional suffix ♦ suffix notation ♦ suffix of a layer. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "suffix": (N)-suffix, prefix-suffix.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "suffix"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		prapashtesë (particle). (various references)

Arabic		‏لاحقة تضاف الى آخر الكلمة, ‏ألحق (annex, append, attach, join, subjoin, supplement, tack, tag). (various references)

Bulgarian		суфикс, наставка (affix, extension, particle), прибавям суфикс. (various references)

Chinese		詞尾 , 词尾, 字尾 . (various references)

Czech		přípona. (various references)

Danish		suffix, suffiks, afledningsendelse. (various references)

Dutch		suffix (extension), achtervoegsel (extension). (various references)

Esperanto		sufikso (extension). (various references)

Faeroese		eftirskoyti (extension). (various references)

Farsi		پسوندی , پسوندنصب کردن , پسوند, پساوندساختن , پساوند (Rhyme, Rime). (various references)

Finnish		jälkiliite. (various references)

French		suffixe. (various references)

Frisian		efterheaksel (extension). (various references)

German		Suffix (extension), nachsilbe. (various references)

Greek		κατάληξη σήματος, κατάληξη (conclusion, ending, outcome, termination), πρόσφυμα (affix), επισυνάπτω κατάληξη, επίθημα (impost), επίθεμα (application). (various references)

Hebrew		סיומת (ending), סופית (ending, finally). (various references)

Hungarian		szuffixum, képzõ (formative). (various references)

Indonesian		akhiran (ending). (various references)

Italian		suffisso (extension). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		語末 (end of a word), 接尾語 , 接尾辞 , 接尾 , サハラ� �� (sabbatical leave, safari, safari jacket, safari look, safari park, safari rally, Sahara desert, sahel, sapience, sapphire, Saturday, savanna, savarin, supper, supper club, survival, survival foods, survival manual, survival wear). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		せつび�", せつびじ, せつび (device, equipment, facilities, installation), �"まつ (end of a word), サフィックス . (various references)

Korean		� �미어. (various references)

Manx		meer yerree. (various references)

Papiamen		sufiho (extension). (various references)

Pig Latin		uffixsay

Polish		przyrostek (extension). (various references)

Portuguese		sufixo (extension). (various references)

Romanian		sufix. (various references)

Russian		суффикс (particle). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sufiks, nastavak (extension, follow up, imp, installment, instalment, sequel). (various references)

Spanish		sufijo (postfix). (various references)

Swedish		ändelse (ending, termination). (various references)

Thai		เติมส่วนที่ต่อท้ายคำ, คำเสริมท้าย. (various references)

Turkish		sonuna eklemek, sonek olarak yazmak, sonek (affix, ending, terminal, termination), eklemek (add, adjoin, affix, annex, append, attach, insert, interlard, interpolate, join, join together, joint, link, link up, piece, put in, put on, put to, run in, slap on, splice, subjoin, superimpose, supplement, tack, throw in, write in). (various references)

Turkmen		goюulma (ending). (various references)

Ukrainian		суфікс, підрядковий індекс, додавати суфікс. (various references)

Welsh		olddodiad (affix). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "suffix": suffixal, suffixation, suffixations, suffixed, suffixes, suffixing. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Suffix" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dufoix, Seffrid, sexfid, soffy, suffa, suffe, suffi, suffic, suffixe, suffixs, sufix, surfix, Zuffa. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "suffix" (pronounced su"fiks)
4	-f i k s	affix, demographics, graphics, hieroglyphics, micrographics, prefix, reprographics, specifics.
3	-i k s	academics, acoustics, acrobatics, acrylics, aerobatics, aerobics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, aesthetics, alcoholics, analgesics, analytics, anesthetics, anorexics, antibiotics, antics, apparatchiks, appendix, asthmatics, astronautics, astrophysics, athletics, atmospherics, attics, automatics, avionics, ballistics, basics, batiks, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, characteristics, charismatics, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, cynics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, exotics, fabrics, fanatics, forensics, generics, genetics, geometrics, geopolitics, geriatrics, gimmicks, gymnastics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, histrionics, hydraulics, hypnotics, hysterics, informatics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, kinetics, limericks, linguistics, logistics, lyrics, macroeconomics, Magnetics, mathematics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, mystics, narcotics, Nucleonics, numismatics, obstetrics, onomastics, onyx, optics, orthodontics, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonetics, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, plastics, polemics, prosthetics, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, republics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, sonics, sputniks, statistics, stoics, synthetics, systematics, tactics, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, therapeutics, thermoplastics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "f-f-i-s-u-x"
	-3 letters: fix, iff, ifs, six, xis.
	-4 letters: if, is, si, us, xi, xu.
	Words containing the letters "f-f-i-s-u-x"
	+2 letters: suffixal, suffixed, suffixes.
	+3 letters: suffixing.
	+4 letters: effluxions.
	+5 letters: suffixation.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
suffix	92	japanese suffix	6
prefix and suffix	87	enzyme suffix	5
root prefix suffix	16	latin suffix	5
gry suffix	16	lesson plan prefix suffix	5
medical suffix	13	dns primary suffix	5
dictionary suffix	11	effect suffix	5
name suffix	10	possessive suffix	5
file suffix	10	latin prefix suffix	5
roman suffix	9	list prefix suffix	5
common prefix root suffix words	9	activity prefix suffix	4
meaning suffix	9	forming noun suffix	4
internet suffix	9	suffix word	4
dns suffix	9	list suffix	4
english suffix	8	dictionary prefix suffix	4
suffix zoological	8	code engine suffix	4
chemical suffix	8	suffix words	4
medical prefix suffix	7	block chevy code small suffix	4
domain suffix	7	english prefix suffix	4
chevy code engine suffix	7	phone suffix	3
meaning prefix suffix	7	prefix root suffix words	3
		example suffix	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Suffix

Definition: Suffix

Suffix

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Suffix

Synonym: Suffix

Synonyms within Context: Suffix

Adjunct

Letter

Sequel

Sequence

Crosswords: Suffix

Commercial Usage: Suffix

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Usage Frequency: Suffix

Expressions: Suffix

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Suffix

Modern Translation: Suffix

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Faeroese

Farsi

Finnish

French

Frisian

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Korean

Manx

Papiamen

Pig Latin

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Thai

Turkish

Turkmen

Ukrainian

Welsh

Derivations & Misspellings: Suffix

Derivations

Misspellings

Rhyming with "Suffix"

Anagrams: Suffix

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