单词 | -i |
释义 | -isuffix1 The plural ending of Latin 2nd decl. nouns in -us (-er), also of Italian words in -o, -e, retained in English in the plurals of some words in learned or scientific use, as cirri, foci, radii, banditti, dilettanti, literati. In some words a learned or technical plural in -i and a popular one in -uses are both in use, e.g. foci, focuses, hippopotami, hippopotamuses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). -isuffix2 A termination used in the names of certain Near-Eastern and Eastern peoples, as Iraqi, Israeli, Pakistani.Productive from the 19th cent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < suffix1suffix2 |
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