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suffix

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"Word-ending attachment"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsʌfɪks/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ffisuxStarts with SEnds with X1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. attach a suffix to

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin suffīxus (“suffix”), from sub- (“under”) + fīxus (perfect passive participle of fīgere (“to fasten, fix”)), equivalent to sub- + -fix.

Used in a sentence

  • The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable".
  • The praenomen and nomen for the most part consisted of simple stems with the suffix -us or -ius, […]
  • The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".

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