Dopo avere trattato dei
prefissi, oggi parliamo dei ben più numerosi suffissi (o suffissoidi) che ci indicano
l’origine francese dei termini inglesi.
SUFFISSO
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esempi
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-ABLE
-IBLE
-UBLE
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able, capable, excitable,
portable, adorable, table
plausible, audible, edible,
sensible, terrible, visible
trouble, indissoluble, double,
voluble, soluble
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-AC
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cognac, maniac, cardiac, zodiac,
aphrodisiac, paradisiac
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-ACT
-ECT -ICT |
contract, act, distract,
abstract, extract, react, fact, impact
perfect, respect, object, dialect, connect, protect, select conflict, verdict, benedict, district, afflict, constrict |
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-ACE
-ACY
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race, grace, peace, face, place,
space, palace, terrace
pharmacy, conspiracy, privacy,
supremacy, intimacy
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-AGE
-EGE -IGE |
age, vintage, collage, garage,
stage, message, village, marriage
privilege, sortilege, college, sacrilege, solfege oblige, prestige, beige, vestige |
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-ADE
-UDE
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decade, parade, serenade,
lemonade, façade, crusade, centigrade
solitude, collude, similitude, include,
gratitude, prelude
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-AN
-ANE -AIN
-EAN
-IAN
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american, urban, sultan,
partisan, human, pagan, republican
airplane, arcane, cane, insane, chicane, membrane, profane captain, certain, mountain, vain, obtain, chain, grain, porcelain
ocean, mediterranean, cerulean,
subterranean, european
vegetarian, italian, optician,
quotidian, barbarian, bohemian
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-ANCE
-ANGE
-ENCE
-INCE |
dance, fragrance, distance,
acquaintance, balance, finance
strange, change, arrange, orange, range, exchange
prudence, confidence, silence,
violence, influence, residence
prince, mince, province, convince, quince |
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-ANT
-ENT
-INT |
constant, pregnant, brilliant,
elegant, consonant, immigrant
innocent, absent, continent,
excellent, talent, present, student
point, joint, saint, paint, print, faint |
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-AR
-ARY
-AIRE
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solar, basilar, polar,
disappear, nuclear, lunar, molecular, clear
contrary, military, dictionary,
ordinary, visionary, revolutionary
questionnaire, millionaire,
affaire, solitaire, extraordinaire
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-ATIC
-ETIC
-OTIC
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automatic, democratic,
acrobatic, polychromatic
poetic, energetic, athletic,
magnetic, genetic, frenetic
erotic, neurotic, patriotic,
antibiotic, sclerotic, chaotic, exotic
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-ATE
-ETE
-ITE
-OTE
-UTE
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celebrate, dominate, illustrate, create,
imitate, private
complete, obsolete, compete, concrete, aesthete, discrete
recite, granite, appetite, plebiscite, erudite, graphite, infinite
note, remote, promote, quote, vote, cote, anecdote
absolute, commute, attribute,
execute, tribute, brute
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-CIDE
-CULE |
suicide, homicide, genocide, pesticide,
insecticide
ridicule, minuscule, molecule, crepuscule |
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-DUCE
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produce, introduce, seduce, induce, educe
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-ERE
-EUR
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sincere, severe, interfere, premiere, ampere, cachemere
amateur, entrepreneur, grandeur,
auteur, voyeur, liqueur
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-É
-EE -ET
-ETTE
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attaché, chargé, café, coupé, consommé, fiancé, cliché
escapee, refugee, referee, divorcee, guaantee, commitee pamphlet, jacket, bracelet, trumpet, bullet, lancet, gadget
sigarette, cassette, moquette, planchette,
roulette, palette
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-IC
-ICAL
-IAL
-LLE |
graphic, logic, metallic,
realistic, organic, theoric, ethnic
alphabetical, political,
typical, analytical, chemical, musical
financial, celestial, martial,
material, colonial, industrial, racial
bagatelle, braille, vaudeville, gazelle, belle, raratouille |
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-ICE
-ISE
-IZE
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service, malice, voice, office,
price, avarice, sacrifice, choice
promise, surprise, advice,
compromise, paradise, precise
apologize, randomize, terrorize,
realize, recognize, socialize
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-IFY
-EFY |
simplify, modify, electrify,
classify, amplify, purify, specify
defy, liquefy, stupefy, rarefy, putrefy, torrefy |
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-INE
-IGN |
feminine, cocaine, engine,
vitamine, submarine, machine
design, reign, campaign, align, sign, foreign |
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-IRE
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empire, desire, require, admire,
inquire, expire, inspire
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-ITY
-ETY
-TY
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priority, ability, community,
fluidity, majority, reality, activity
society, variety, sobriety, safety, anxiety, notoriety
honesty, loyalty, poverty,
cruelty, royalty, faculty, liberty
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-ION
-TION
-SION
-SSION |
union, suspicion, communion,
fashion, onion, battalion
nation, emotion, association,
education, ambition, station
tension, fusion, illusion, occasion, explosion, dimension
passion, discussion, session, secession, impression, mission |
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-ISM
-IST
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liberalism, impressionism,
capitalism, materialism, socialism
artist, economist, moralist,
tourist, dentist, pianist, anarchist
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-MENT
-MN |
parliament, movement, document,
government, management
condemn, column, hymn, damn, autumn, solemn |
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-POSE
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expose, compose, purpose,
suppose, pose, impose
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-OR
-ORY -OUR |
professor, operator, inventor,
translator, instructor
story, glory, memory, factory, victory, accessory colour, honour, armour, glamour, labour, parlour |
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-QUE
-ESQUE
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discoteque, baroque, technique,
boutique, cheque, unique
burlesque, grotesque, arabesque,
picturesque, kafkaesque
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-SITE
-CITE
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exquisite, opposite, composite,
apposite, parasite
excite, plebiscite, incite,
recite, cite, recite
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-SIVE
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intensive, passive incisive,
expensive, repulsive, massive
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-TIVE
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alternative, active, positive,
interactive, creative, perspective
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-URE
-CULTURE
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cure, measure, figure, structure,
pure, future, pressur, torture
agriculture, floriculture,
culture, apiculture, viticulture
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-TUDE
-UE -GUE |
attitude, gratitude, altitude, magnitude,
fortitude, solitude
queue, rescue, value, unique, opaque, cheque, avenue league, colleague, vague, intrigue, morgue, dialogue |
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-UM
-RIUM -ULAR |
maximum, vacuum, referendum, album, opium, coliseum
bacterium, sanitarium, auditorium, planetarium, delirium cellular, circular, granular, regular, ocular, popular, particular |
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-ULT
-UIT |
result, vault, difficult, cult,
default, adult, fault, assault
circuit, biscuit, suit, fruit, pursuit, jesuit |
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-US
-OUS
-OIS -OSE |
circus, abacus, genius, cactus,
focus, nexus, status, hibiscus
spontaneous, ambitious,
delicious, ambiguous, serious, curious
turquois, pois, bourgeois, chamois rose, verbose, pose, purpose, depose, suppose, dose |
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