-ac

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ac"

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

(obsolete) -ack, -aque

Etymology[edit]

From French -acque, from New Latin -acus, from Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós, “-ic”).^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æk/
(US) IPA^(key): /æk/

Suffix[edit]

-ac

One affected with.
Of, belonging to.

Derived terms[edit]

► English words suffixed with -ac

Translations[edit]

one affected with

Greek: -ακός (el) (-akós), -ιακός (el) (-iakós)
Hungarian: -ák, -ákus, -ás (hu)
Portuguese: -íaco

Spanish: -aco (es) m, -aca (es) f

References[edit]

^ Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Anagrams[edit]

C.A., CA, ca, ca.

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

(chiefly Kajkavian): -ec

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *-ьcь.

Suffix[edit]

-ac (Cyrillic spelling -ац)

Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, follower, age, proper name, feature, plant or animal.

See also[edit]

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