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English
Etymology
From suffix + -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsʌfɪkˈseɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: suf‧fix‧a‧tion
Noun
suffixation (countable and uncountable, plural suffixations)
- The process of adding a suffix to a word.
- Synonym: suffixion
- Antonym: prefixation
- Coordinate terms: affixation, infixation, interfixation, prefixation
2022, Daisy L. Neijman, Icelandic: An Essential Grammar, Routledge, →ISBN, page 23:Assimilation as a result of suffixation
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
suffixation f (plural suffixations)
- suffixation
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