desinence

See also:désinence

English

Etymology

Borrowed fromFrenchdésinence,fromLatindēsinentia,present participle ofdēsinō(“I stop, end, close, make an end”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

desinence(pluraldesinences)

1. (linguistics)Asuffixused as aninflection;anending;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)
• Ido:dezinenco(io)
• Italian:desinenza(it)f
• Mongolian:нөхцөл(mn)(nöxcöl)
• Portuguese:desinência(pt)f
• Spanish:desinencia(es)f