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.