-ify
English dictionary entry
Meanings
suffix
- Forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns.
- Forms intransitive verbs meaning "to become" from adjectives and nouns.
Pronunciation
/ɪfaɪ/
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Word forms
-ify
-ifies
-ifying
-ified
-fy
Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin -i-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-fakāō
Latin -ficō
Latin -ificāreder.
Old French -ifierbor.
Middle English -ifien
English -ify
From Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ificāre, from -ficus, from faciō (“to make, do”). For example, purify from purificare, from purificus.
Translations
Afrikaans: -ifiseer
Afrikaans: -fiseer
Albanian: -ifikoj
Albanian: -fikoj
Arabic: فَعَّلَ
Asturian: -ificar
Azerbaijani: -laşdırmaq
Azerbaijani: -ləşdirmək
Basque: -ifikatu
Basque: -fikatu
Belarusian: -іфікаваць
Bulgarian: -ифицирам
Catalan: -ificar
Chinese Cantonese: -化
Hakka Chinese: -化
Chinese: -化
Chinese Mandarin: -化
Czech: -ifikovat
Czech: -fikovat
Danish: -ificere
Danish: -ficere
Dutch: -ifiseren
Dutch: -iseren
Esperanto: -igi
Finnish: -ntaa
Finnish: -ntää
Finnish: -staa
Finnish: -stää
Finnish: -ifioida
Finnish: -fioida
French: -ifier
Galician: -ificar
German: -fizieren
German: -ifizieren
Greek: -ποιώ
Hungarian: -ifikál
Hungarian: -ikál
Hungarian: -ít
Hungarian: -sít
Hungarian: -esít
Hungarian: -osít
Hungarian: -ösít
Hungarian: -asít
Ido: -ifar
Ido: -ifikar
Interlingua: -ificar
Interlingua: -ficar
Italian: -ificare
Italian: -ficare
Korean: 화(化)하다
Latin: -ifico
Maltese: -ifika
Maltese: -fika
Norwegian Bokmål: -ifisere
Norwegian Bokmål: -fisere
Norwegian Nynorsk: -ifisere
Norwegian Nynorsk: -fisere
Occitan: -ificar
Occitan: -ficar
Polish: -fikować
Portuguese: -ificar
Romanian: -ifica
Russian: -ифици́ровать
Spanish: -ificar
Swedish: -ifiera
Swedish: -fiera
Swedish: -ificera
Swedish: -ficera
Turkish: -laştırmak
Turkish: -leştirmek
Ukrainian: -ифікува́ти
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