désinence
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See also: desinence
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dēsinentia, present participle of dēsinō (“to stop, end, close, make an end”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
désinence f (plural désinences)
- (linguistics) ending, desinence, inflectional suffix
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Romanian: desinență
Further reading[edit]
- “désinence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.