a group of letters that are added to the end of a word to show that something is smaller than things of that type usually are, for example ‘-let’ added to ‘drop’ to make ‘droplet’
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-ability
-able
-aholic
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affix
affixation
anaphora
diminutive suffix
noun countable linguistics
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Word Forms
singular
diminutive suffix
plural
diminutive suffixes
DEFINITIONS1
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a group of letters that are added to the end of a word to show that something is smaller than things of that type usually are, for example “-let” added to “drop” to make “droplet”
Synonyms and related words
Suffixes
-ability
-able
-aholic
Synonyms and related words
Linguistic terms relating to word formation and phrase building