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-ergia

-ergy(work)

-es

-est(second-person singular present tense of verbs)

-s(regular plurals of nouns)

-ês

-er((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
[UK: ɚ] [US: ər]

-ese(forming adjectives and nouns describing things characteristic of a particular place)

-ês {m}

-ish(appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions)

-esa {f}

-ess(female suffix)

-ish(appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions)

-esas {f-Pl}

-ish(appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions)

-esco

-esque(in the style of)
[UK: ˈesk] [US: ˈesk]

-eses {m-Pl}

-ish(appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions)

-ésimo

-th(used to form the ordinal numeral)

-ético {m}

-etic(pertaining to)

-eto {m}

-ide(binary compound of a nonmetal)

-ez {f}

-ness(appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being...", "the quality of being...", or "the measure of being...")
[UK: nes] [US: ˈnes]

-eza {f}

-ness(appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being...", "the quality of being...", or "the measure of being...")
[UK: nes] [US: ˈnes]

-fagia {f}

-phagy(the consumption of)

-fago

-phagous(feeding on)

-fago {m}

-phage(something that eats, or consumes)

-filia {f}

-philia(forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing)

-filo

-phile(Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend")

-philous

-fita {f}

-phyte(taxonomic group of plants or algae)

-fobia {f}

-phobia(used to form nouns meaning fear)
[UK: ˈfəʊ.bɪə] [US: ˈfoʊ.bɪə]

-fone {m}

-phone(type of sound)

-fono {m}

-phone(speaker of a certain language)

-foro {m}

-phore(bearer or carrier of)

-gamia {f}

-gamy(describing forms of marriage)

-génio {m}

-gen(producer of something)

-gênio {m}

-gen(producer of something)

-geno {m}

-gen(producer of something)

-gono {m}

-gon(plane figure)

-grafia {f}

-graphy(Suffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject)

-grafo {m}

-graph(something related to writing etc.)

-grapher(someone who writes about a specified subject)

-grama

-gram(something written)

-ia {f}

-y(forming abstract nouns)
[UK: waɪ] [US: ˈwaɪ]

aco

-ac(one affected with)

-ico

-ish(appended to words)

-ico {m}

-ic(Note: these translations are a guide only. For more precise translations, see individual words ending in -ic)

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