s-

Meaning

1. (morpheme) used to form words that have an opposing sense: un-, in-
2. (morpheme) used to form verbs that have a sense of undoing an action: de-, dis-, un-
3. (morpheme) used to express a pejorative sense
4. (morpheme) used to form verbs with a sense of exit, separation: dis-, ex-, trans-
5. (morpheme) used in a privative sense: a-, de-, un-
6. (morpheme) used to derive verbs from a noun, adjective or verb
7. (morpheme) used as an intensifier
8. (form-of, morpheme, reduced) reduced form of dis-

Concepts

-less

un-

Synonyms

senza

in-

dis-

Translations

غير

sense

-los

α-

αν-

απο-

sans

dés-

dé-

bê-

sine

in-

ne-

se-

zonder

Pronounced as (IPA)

/s/

Etymology

In most cases, this prefix stems from Latin ex- (see ex). In some cases, it stems from Latin dis-.