Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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suffix
Appended to a person's name (usually a female, child, a close friend, or an intimate) to add politeness. It is sometimes used to denote cuteness or familiarity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
suffix
Used in the names of imageboards, usually ones that try to emulate 4chan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, morpheme
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the Japanese familiar suffix ちゃん (-chan).
In reference to 4chan, in turn from Futaba Channel (cf. its URL, www.2chan.net, or its alternate names ふたばちゃん and 双葉ちゃん found on its homepage); hence, derived from Japanese チャンネル (channeru), from English channel.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
