Appendix:English suffixes
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English has many suffixes that are used to construct words, particularly in scientific and medical language. For a list of prefixes, see Appendix:English prefixes.
A
[edit]- -a
- -ability
- -able
- -ably
- -ac
- -acean
- -aceous
- -ad
- -ade
- -aemia
- -age
- -agog / -agogue
- -aholic
- -al
- -algia
- -all obsolete
- -amine
- -an
- -ana
- -ance
- -ancy
- -androus
- -andry
- -ane
- -ant
- -ar
- -arch
- -archy
- -ard
- -arian
- -arium
- -art
- -ary
- -ase
- -ate
- -athon
- -ation
- -ative
- -ator
- -atory
B
[edit]C
[edit]- -cade
- -caine
- -carp
- -carpic
- -carpous
- -cele
- -cene
- -centric
- -cephalic
- -cephalous
- -cephaly
- -chore
- -chory
- -chrome
- -cide
- -clast
- -clinal
- -cline
- -clinic
- -coccus
- -coel
- -coele
- -colous
- -cracy
- -crat
- -cratic, -cratical
- -cy
- -cyte
D
[edit]E
[edit]- -ean
- -eaux
- -ectomy
- -ed
- -ee
- -eer
- -ein
- -eme
- -emia
- -en
- -ence
- -enchyma
- -ency
- -ene
- -ent
- -eous
- -er
- -ergic
- -ergy
- -es
- -escence
- -escent
- -ese
- -esque
- -ess
- -est
- -et
- -eth
- -etic
- -ette
- -ey
F
[edit]- -facient
- -faction
- -fer
- -ferous
- -fic
- -fication
- -fid
- -florous
- -fold
- -foliate
- -foliolate
- -form
- -fuge
- -ful
- -fy
G
[edit]- -gamous
- -gamy
- -gate
- -gen, -gene
- -genesis
- -genetic
- -genic
- -genous
- -geny
- -gnathous
- -gon
- -gony
- -gram
- -graph
- -grapher
- -graphy
- -gyne
- -gynous
- -gyny
H
[edit]I
[edit]- -ia
- -ial
- -ian
- -iana
- -iasis
- -iatric
- -iatrics
- -iatry
- -ibility
- -ible
- -ic
- -icide
- -ician
- -ick obsolete
- -ics
- -id
- -ide
- -ie
- -ify
- -ile
- -in
- -ine
- -ing
- -ion
- -ious
- -isation
- -ise
- -ish
- -ism
- -ist
- -istic
- -istical
- -istically
- -ite
- -itious
- -itis
- -ity
- -ium
- -ive
- -iver
- -ix
- -ization
- -ize
- -i-
J
[edit]K
[edit]L
[edit]- -land
- -latry
- -le
- -lepry
- -less
- -let
- -like
- -ling
- -lite
- -lith
- -lithic
- -log / -logue
- -logic
- -logical
- -logist
- -logy
- -ly
- -lyse
- -lysis
- -lyte
- -lytic
- -lyze
M
[edit]- -mancy
- -mania
- -meister
- -ment
- -mer
- -mere
- -merous
- -meter
- -metric
- -metrics
- -metry
- -mire
- -mo
- -morph
- -morphic
- -morphism
- -morphous
- -most
- -mycete
- -mycin
N
[edit]O
[edit]- -o
- -ode
- -odon
- -odont
- -odontia
- -oholic
- -oic
- -oid
- -ol
- -ole
- -oma
- -ome
- -omics
- -on
- -one
- -ont
- -onym
- -onymy
- -opia
- -opsis
- -opsy
- -or
- -orama
- -ory
- -ose
- -osis
- -otic
- -otomy
- -ous
- -o-
P
[edit]- -para
- -parous
- -path
- -pathy
- -ped
- -pede
- -penia
- -petal
- -phage
- -phagia
- -phagous
- -phagy
- -phane
- -phasia
- -phil
- -phile
- -philia
- -philiac
- -philic
- -philous
- -phobe
- -phobia
- -phobic
- -phone
- -phony
- -phore
- -phoresis
- -phorous
- -phrenia
- -phyll
- -phyllous
- -plasia
- -plasm
- -plast
- -plastic
- -plasty
- -plegia
- -plex
- -ploid
- -pod
- -pode
- -podous
- -poieses
- -poietic
- -pter
- -punk
Q
[edit]R
[edit]S
[edit]- -'s
- -s
- -scape
- -scope
- -scopy
- -script
- -sect
- -sepalous
- -ship
- -some
- -speak
- -sperm
- -sphere
- -sporous
- -st
- -stasis
- -stat
- -ster
- -stome
- -stomy
T
[edit]- -taxis
- -taxy
- -tend
- -th
- -therm
- -thermal, -thermic
- -thermy
- -thon
- -thymia
- -tion
- -tome
- -tomy
- -tonia
- -trichous
- -trix
- -tron
- -trophic
- -trophy
- -tropic
- -tropism
- -tropous
- -tropy
- -tude
- -ture
- -ty