"-ics" meaning in English

See -ics in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From -ic (“related or pertaining to”), with usage in the plural in imitation of the Latin and Greek usage. Etymology templates: {{m|en|-ic||related or pertaining to}} -ic (“related or pertaining to”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ics, {{en-suffix}} -ics
  1. Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or practice. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -logy, -istics Translations (fields of knowledge or practice): ـِيَّات (-iyyāt) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), -ika (Czech), -ie (Czech), -iko (Esperanto), -scienco (Esperanto), -iikka (Finnish), -ique (French), -ica [feminine] (Galician), -ik (German), -ika (Hungarian), -ica (Interlingua), -ikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), -yka [feminine] (Polish), -ika [feminine] (Polish), -ика (-ika) (Russian), -tik (Swedish), -eg [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en--ics-en-suffix-jzjwAHVE Disambiguation of 'fields of knowledge or practice': 96 4
  2. Forms nouns referring to activities. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ics-en-suffix-4RnIdGxq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56

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