suffixation

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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)

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /sy.fik.sa.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

suffixation f (plural suffixations)

  1. suffixation

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