-ics

See also: ics, ICs, ICS, I.C.s, and I. C.s

English

Etymology

From -ic (“related or pertaining to”), with usage in the plural in imitation of the Latin and Greek usage.

Suffix

-ics

1. Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or practice.

   Synonyms: -logy, -istics

2. Forms nouns referring to activities.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ics

Translations

fields of knowledge or practice

• Arabic: ـِيَّات f pl (-iyyāt)
• Czech: -ika, -ie
• Esperanto: -iko (eo), -scienco
• Finnish: -iikka
• French: -ique (fr)
• Galician: -ica f
• German: -ik (de)
• Hungarian: -ika
• Interlingua: -ica
• Japanese: -学 (ja) (がく, gaku, literally “study”), -論 (ja) (ろん, ron, literally “theory”)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -ikk m

• Polish: -yka f, -ika f
• Russian: -ика (-ika)
• Swedish: -tik
• Welsh: -eg (cy) f

Anagrams

• CIS, CIs, CSI, SCI, SIC, Sci., cis, cis-, sci, sci., sic