(grammar) a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to make another word, such as -ly in quickly or -ness in sadness
compareAFFIX, PREFIX
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for suffix is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is suffix a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, suffix is tagged as noun.
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Yes — suffix appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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