-ics

See also: ics, ICS, and ICs

English

Etymology

From ic (“related or pertaining to”).

Suffix

-ics

1. Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or practice.

   Synonym: -logy

2. Forms nouns referring to activities.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ics

• algorithmics
• athletics
• dynamics
• econometrics
• economics
• genetics
• genomics
• informatics
• kinetics
• mathematics
• mechanics
• metaphysics
• pediatrics
• phonetics
• physics
• psychometrics
• robotics
• statistics

Translations

fields of knowledge or practice

• Czech: -ika, -ie
• Esperanto: -iko (eo), -scienco
• Finnish: -iikka
• French: -ique (fr)
• Galician: -ica f
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• German: -ik (de)
• Hungarian: -ika
• Russian: -ика (-ika)
• Swedish: -tik

Anagrams

• CIS, CSI, SCI, SIC, Sci., cis, cis-, sci, sci., sic