desinence
Meaning
A suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix.
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Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɛsɪnəns/
Etymology
Borrowed from French désinence, from Latin dēsinentia, present participle of dēsinō (“I stop, end, close, make an end”).
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