-ish

Signification (Anglais)

1. Typical of, similar to, being like.
2. Somewhat, rather.
3. About, approximately.
4. Of, belonging, or relating to (a nationality, place, language or similar association with something).

Concepts

-al

à peu près

-âtre

environ

-esque

-ique

Synonymes

Y

Y

-like

concerning

hardly

ish

quasi

related to

somewhat

-esque

about

-ic

almost

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English -ish, -isch, from Old English -isċ (“-ish”, suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.
Cognate with Dutch -s; German -isch (whence Dutch -isch); Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish -isk or -sk; Lithuanian -iškas; Russian -ский (-skij); and the Ancient Greek diminutive suffix -ίσκος (-ískos). Doublet of -esque and -ski.