SUFFIX

suffix, postfix

(noun) an affix that is added at the end of the word

suffix

(verb) attach a suffix to; “suffix words”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

suffix (plural suffixes)

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

Synonym: affix (narrow sense)

Antonym: prefix

Hypernym: affix (broad sense)

(mathematics) A subscript.

(computing) A final segment of a string of characters.

Usage notes

• The plural suffices occasionally appears (including in one educational publication), but it is not a standard plural and has no basis in the Latin origin of the term.

Coordinate terms

• (types of affixes): adfix, affix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, suffix, suprafix

Verb

suffix (third-person singular simple present suffixes, present participle suffixing, simple past and past participle suffixed)

(transitive) To append (something) to the end of something else.

Source: Wiktionary

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Suf"fix, n. Etym: [L. suffixus, p.p. of suffigere to fasten on, to affix; sub under + figere to fix: cf. F. suffixe. See Fix.]

1. A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix.

2. (Math.)

Definition: A subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript, a.

Suf*fix", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffixing.]

Definition: To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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