English Explanatory Dictionary

-ship

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develop's one's character.

Pronunciation

/ʃɪp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst--ship.wav

Word forms

-ship -ships

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship From Middle English -schipe, -shippe, from Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Compare Scots -schip, West Frisian -skip, Dutch -schap, German -schaft, Swedish -skap, Icelandic -skapur. Related to shape.

Synonyms

-ness -hood -itude -th -ity -dom
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