Sunday, 20 December 2015

Suffixe Part II

                                          SUFFIXE

            Suffixe                 Meaning             Words
-er, -or
person connected with
carpenter, barber, actor, orator
-ery, -ry
place where
bakery, rookery, bindery, laundry
-ese
derivation, language
Japanese, Maltese, Chinese, Nepalese

-esque
in the manner, style
picturesque, burlesque, Romanesque, statuesque

of, like

-ess
feminine ending
actress, shepherdess, countess
-et, -ette
small
islet, dinette, kitchenette, statuette
-eur
agent
amateur, chauffeur, masseur, saboteur
-ful
enough to fiH
capful, spoonful, mouthful, handful
-fy
make of, form into
satisfy, amplify, deify, qualify
-hood
state of, quality
knighthood, manhood, falsehood, womanhood

of, condition of

-ial
characterized by,
connubial, industrial, commercial, remedial

related to

-ian
characterized by,
Christian, physician, Parisian, barbarian

related to

-ic
of the nature of,
angelic, iambic, volcanic, quixotic

characterized by

-ic
to form nouns
magic, classic, public, rhetoric
-ical
of the nature of,
critical, fantastical, comical, political

characterized by

          -isle
little
canticle, particle, article, icicle
-ier, -yer
person who, place
cashier, gondolier, chiffonier, lawyer

where

           ine
like, characterized
canine, feline, asinine, feminine

by, pertaining to

-ine
feminine suffix
heroine, Caroline, Josephine, Clementine
-ing
present participle
sleeping,, walking, writing, acting
-ing
material
roofing, bedding, siding, quilting
-ings
noun associated
earnings, shavings, furnishings, filings

with the verb from

-ion
act, process
construction, rebellion, revolution, electrocution
-ion
state of
ambition, dominion, subjection, suspicion
-ious
characterized by
gracious, ambitious, infectious, dubious
-ise, -ize
subject to, make, carry on
exorcise, baptize, sterilize, civilize
-ish
like, pertaining to                
Scottish, Turkish, clownish, whitish
-ism
                action, process
baptism, plagiarism, despotism, heroism
-ism
state of, condition of
hypnotism, barbarism, racism, pacifism
-ism
doctrine, system
stoicism, Quakerism, Americanism, realism
-ist
person who
biologist, monopolist, botanist, socialist
-itis
inflammatory disease
appendicitis, bronchitis, arthritis, meningitis
-ity
state of
calamity, falsity, necessity, acidity
-less `
without
witless, fruitless, doubtless, careless
-let
small
streamlet, ringlet, leaflet, bracelet
;like
like
homelike, lifelike, apelike, ghostlike
-ling
small
duckling, gosling, hireling, nestling
-logy
science of
anthropology, biology, zoology, psychology
-ly
characteristic of, in :
fatherly, motherly, regally, timely

the manner of

-ment
action, process
development, abridgment, government, embezzlement
-ment                     
state of
amazement, adornment, arrangement, refinement
-ness
state of, quality
greatness, kindness, wilderness, dimness        

of, condition of




             

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