desinence

See also: désinence

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French désinence, from Latin dēsinentia, present participle of dēsinō (“I stop, end, close, make an end”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsɪnəns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsənəns/

Noun

desinence (plural desinences)

1. (linguistics) A suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix.

Related terms

• desinential

Translations

inflectional word-ending

• Catalan: desinència f
• French: désinence (fr) f

• Ido: dezinenco (io)
• Italian: desinenza (it) f