noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈsʌfɪks/
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rhymes with -ɪks
/səˈfɪks/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To append (something) to the end of something else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
an affix that is added at the end of the word
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: postfix
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: affix, ending, termination
6
verb
Meaning 6
attach a suffix to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
suffix words
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: prefix
Broader terms: affix
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suffīxus (“suffix”), from sub- (“under”) + fīxus (perfect passive participle of fīgere (“to fasten, fix”)), equivalent to sub- + -fix.
Across languages
Translations
132 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
agtervoegsel
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Afrikaans:
suffiks
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Albanian:
prapashtesë
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Arabic:
لَاحِقَة
(lāḥiqa)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Aragonese:
sufixo
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Armenian:
վերջածանց
(verǰacancʻ)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Asturian:
sufixu
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Azerbaijani:
şəkilçi
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Azerbaijani:
suffiks
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Belarusian:
су́фікс
(súfiks)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Bengali:
প্রত্যয়
(prottoẏ)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Breton:
lostger
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Bulgarian:
суфи́кс
(sufíks)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Bulgarian:
наста́вка
(nastávka)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Burmese:
နောက်ဆက်
(naukhcak)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Carpathian Rusyn:
су́фикс
(súfyks)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Catalan:
sufix
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Chinese Mandarin:
後綴 /后缀
(hòuzhuì)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Chinese Mandarin:
尾綴 /尾缀
(wěizhuì)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Chinese Mandarin:
詞尾 /词尾
(cíwěi)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Crimean Tatar:
suffiks
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Czech:
přípona
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Danish:
suffiks
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Dutch:
achtervoegsel
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Dutch:
aanhangsel
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Esperanto:
postafikso
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Esperanto:
sufikso
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Estonian:
sufiks
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Finnish:
jälkiliite
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Finnish:
takaliite
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Finnish:
suffiksi
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Finnish:
pääte
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Galician:
sufixo
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Georgian:
სუფიქსი
(supiksi)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Georgian:
ბოლოსართი
(bolosarti)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
German:
Suffix
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
German:
Postfix
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
German:
Nachsilbe
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
German:
Anhängsilbe
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Greek:
επίθημα
(epíthima)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Hebrew:
סוֹפִית
(sofít)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Hindi:
प्रत्यय
(pratyay)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Hungarian:
képző
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Hungarian:
végződés
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Hungarian:
toldalék
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Icelandic:
viðskeyti
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Ido:
sufixo
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Indonesian:
akhiran
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Irish:
iarmhír
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Italian:
suffisso
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Japanese:
接尾辞
(setsubiji)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Japanese:
接尾語
(setsubigo)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Kashmiri:
پۆت لۆگ
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Kazakh:
жұрнақ
(jūrnaq)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Khmer:
បច្ច័យ
(paccay)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Korean:
접미사
(jeommisa)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Korean:
접미어
(jeommieo)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Central Kurdish:
پاشگِر
(paşgir)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Northern Kurdish:
paşgir
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Kyrgyz:
суффикс
(suffiks)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Lao:
ວິພັດ
(wi phat)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Latin:
affixum
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Latvian:
piedēklis
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Latvian:
sufikss
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Lithuanian:
priesaga
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Lithuanian:
sufiksas
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Macedonian:
наставка
(nastavka)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Macedonian:
суфикс
(sufiks)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Malay:
akhiran
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Māori:
pīmuri
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Māori:
kūmuri
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Māori:
hiku
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Mongolian:
залгавар
(zalgavar)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Norwegian Bokmål:
suffiks
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Norwegian Nynorsk:
suffiks
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Old English:
ġeendung
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Ossetian:
фӕсӕфтуан
(fæsæftwan)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Iranian Persian:
پَسْوَنْد
(pasvand)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Polish:
przyrostek
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Portuguese:
sufixo
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Quechua:
k'askaq
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Romanian:
sufix
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Russian:
су́ффикс
(súffiks)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Russian:
по́стфикс
(póstfiks)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Sanskrit:
प्रत्यय
(pratyaya)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Scottish Gaelic:
iar-leasachan
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Scottish Gaelic:
iar-mhìr
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Serbo-Croatian:
су̀фикс
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Serbo-Croatian:
до̀метак
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Serbo-Croatian:
sùfiks
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Serbo-Croatian:
dòmetak
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Slovak:
prípona
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Slovene:
pripona
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Spanish:
sufijo
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Swahili:
kiambishi tamati
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Tagalog:
hulapi
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Tajik:
суффикс
(suffiks)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Tajik:
пасванд
(pasvand)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Tamil:
பின்னொட்டு
(piṉṉoṭṭu)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Thai:
ปัจจัย
(bpàt-jai)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Turkish:
sonek
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Turkish:
son ek
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Turkmen:
suffiks
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Ukrainian:
су́фікс
(súfiks)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Ukrainian:
на́росток
(nárostok)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Urdu:
لاحِقَہ
(lāhiqa)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Uyghur:
قوشۇمچە
(qoshumche)
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Uzbek:
suffiks
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Vietnamese:
hậu tố
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Vietnamese:
đuôi
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Volapük:
poyümot
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Welsh:
olddodiad
— morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning
Catalan:
sufixar
— append (something) to the end of something else
Finnish:
liittää
— append (something) to the end of something else
Finnish:
suffiksoida
— append (something) to the end of something else
German:
suffigieren
— append (something) to the end of something else
German:
mit einem Suffix versehen
— append (something) to the end of something else
Greek:
επιθηματοποιώ
(epithimatopoió)
— append (something) to the end of something else
Hungarian:
hozzátold
— append (something) to the end of something else
Hungarian:
hozzátesz
— append (something) to the end of something else
Hungarian:
megtold
— append (something) to the end of something else
Hungarian:
hozzáilleszt
— append (something) to the end of something else
Hungarian:
toldalékol
— append (something) to the end of something else
Hungarian:
toldalékkal ellát
— append (something) to the end of something else
Hungarian:
szuffigál
— append (something) to the end of something else
Icelandic:
skeyta við
— append (something) to the end of something else
Norwegian:
suffigere
— append (something) to the end of something else
Portuguese:
sufixar
— append (something) to the end of something else
Spanish:
sufijar
— append (something) to the end of something else
Welsh:
ychwanegu
— append (something) to the end of something else
Welsh:
atodi
— append (something) to the end of something else
Welsh:
olddodi
— append (something) to the end of something else