-fy

English

Etymology

From French -ifier, from Latin -ficare and -facere.

Suffix

-fy

1. To produce verbs meaning to make, usually with an intermediate -i-, see -ify.

Related terms

• -faction
• -fic/-ific
• -ficance/-ificance
• -ficant/-ificant
• -fication/-ification
• -fier/-ifier

Synonyms

• -ise
• -ize

Derived terms

[+] English words suffixed with -fy

Translations

to produce verbs meaning to make

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: -化 (cmn) (-huà)

  Min Nan: -化 (nan) (-hoà)

• Finnish: -ntaa (fi), -ntää (fi), -staa (fi), -stää (fi)

• French: -ifier (fr)
• German: -fizieren (de)
• Polish: -fikować (pl)
• Spanish: -ificar

See also

• be-
• em-
• en-