11.14 Suffixes



Examples of common suffixes are:



able:

bearable

ation:

qualification

ee:

employee, trainee

en:

broaden, quicken

er:

teacher

ery:

machinery

ese:

portuguese

ess:

actress

ette:

cigarette

ful:

spoonful, useful

hood:

childhood

ing:

swimming, painting

ish:

smallish

ist:

violinist

ity:

probability

ise/ize:

modernise/ize

less:

useless

ly:

certainly

ment:

argument

ness:

happiness

ship:

membership

ward:

onward

wise:

clockwise

y:

dirty




For individual words, see a dictionary.