-like

Signification (Anglais)

1. Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).
2. Used to form adverbs from adjectives or nouns; alternative of -ly.

Concepts

-al

d’ordre

de type

du genre

Synonymes

-ish

resembling

sort of

typical

similar to

-colored

Y

Y

-looking

-looked

semblative

like

-shaped

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English -like, -lik, from Middle English like, lik (“same, similar, alike”), from Old English ġelīc and Old Norse líkr (“same, similar, alike”). Reinforced by like (preposition). Doublet of -ly. Compare also Dutch -lijk (“-ly, -like”).