desinence

See also: désinence

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Albanian: eptim (sq) Catalan: desinència (ca) f Finnish: taivutuspääte (fi) French: désinence (fr) f Hungarian: végződés (hu), rag (hu) Ido: dezinenco (io) Irish: foirceann m Italian: desinenza (it) f Mongolian: нөхцөл (mn) (nöxcöl) Polish: końcówka (pl) f Portuguese: desinência (pt) f Russian: окончание (ru) (okončanije) Spanish: desinencia (es) f Ukrainian: закінчення n (zakinčennja)