désinence

See also: desinence

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin dēsinens

Latin -ia

Latin dēsinentiabor.

French désinence

Adapted borrowing of Latin dēsinentia f, present participle of dēsinō (“to stop, end, close, make an end”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.zi.nɑ̃ːs/

Noun

désinence f (plural désinences)

1. (linguistics) ending, desinence, inflectional suffix

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Derived terms

• désinentiel

Descendants

• → English: desinence
• → Romanian: desinență f

Further reading

• “désinence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.