![]() ![]() erel: As with -rel, words ending in -erel are sometimes pejorative, as in doggerel.ġ0. It also refers what something is made of, as in woolen.ĩ. en: This suffix denotes a small or young form, as in kitten, though chicken is a reverse example: Originally, in Old English (as cicen), the term for adults was fowl, and chicken denoted a young bird. elle: This rare suffix occurs in organelle.Ĩ. The masculine form is seen in bordello.ħ. ![]() When appended to a person’s name, -ella is often used in forming the scientific name of a species of bacteria, as in salmonella (the legacy of one D. ella, -ello: The feminine form of this Italian suffix is best known as part of Cinderella’s name among objects, novella is perhaps the most familiar usage. el: This unassuming French diminutive appears frequently in ordinary language: chapel and tunnel are only two of many examples.ĥ-6. culus: This direct borrowing from Latin is rarer than its Frenchified counterpart calculus is perhaps the best-known form, though homunculus (“little man”) is an interesting example.Ĥ. ![]() Capsule and molecule are common examples animalcule, referring to minute organisms such as bacteria, is rare in lay usage.ģ. cule: This ending, sometimes with the letter c omitted, is common in medical and scientific vocabulary. aster: This generally pejorative suffix denoting resemblance was common a couple hundred years ago but is rare today the only well-known surviving instance is poetaster, a word describing an inferior poet.Ģ. Who knew there were this many ways to alter a word to connote belittlement or affection, or merely diminishment in size? Now, you do. ![]() Final -e changes to -é-.50 Diminutive Suffixes (and a Cute Little Prefix) By Mark Nichol id is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. kapu ( “ gate ” ) + -id → a kapu id ( “ your gates ” ) palota ( “ palace ” ) + -id → a palotá id ( “ your palaces ” ) érme ( “ coin ” ) + -id → az érmé id ( “ your coins ” ) s (second-person singular informal, multiple possessions) i ( possessive plural ) + -d ( second-person singular personal suffix ) Suffix ( astronomy ) Forming common names of meteors from their apparent constellation of origin.( chiefly botany ) Forming nouns from Latin or Greek roots, including certain plant names modelled on Latin sources, and the names of certain dynasties, being suffixed to the name of their progenitors and meaning "descendant(s) of", e.g. Europe + -id → Europid negro + -id → negrid Synonyms: -al, -an, -ar, -ese, -ic, -ish, -like, -oid, -ory, -ous, -yįrom Middle French -ide (like also English -ide), French -ide, and their sources, Latin -id-, -is and Ancient Greek -ῐδ- ( -id- ), -ῐς ( -is ). Often added to words of Greek, sometimes Latin, origin. ( not productive except in zoology ) of or pertaining to appended to various foreign words to make an English adjective or noun form. ![]()
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