desinence

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See also: désinence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French désinence, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dēsinentia, present participle of dēsinō (“I stop, end, close, make an end”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

desinence (plural desinences)

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

Related terms

desinential

Translations

inflectional word-ending

Albanian: eptim (sq)
Catalan: desinència (ca) f
French: désinence (fr) f
Hungarian: végződés (hu), rag (hu)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Ido: dezinenco (io)
Italian: desinenza (it) f
Mongolian: нөхцөл (mn) (nöxcöl)

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