"-ify" meaning in English

See -ify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ɪfaɪ/ Forms: -ifies [present, singular, third-person], -ifying [participle, present], -ified [participle, past], -ified [past], -fy [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ificäre, from -ficus, from faciō (“to make, do”). For example, purify from purificare, from purificus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|-ifien}} Middle English -ifien, {{der|en|fro|-ifier}} Old French -ifier, {{der|en|la|-ificō|-ificäre}} Latin -ificäre Head templates: {{en-verb}} -ify (verb-forming suffix, third-person singular simple present -ifies, present participle -ifying, simple past and past participle -ified)
  1. Forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns. Tags: morpheme
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  2. Forms intransitive verbs meaning "to become" from adjectives and nouns. Tags: morpheme
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -ise, -ize Translations (forms verbs meaning "to make"): -ifiseer (Afrikaans), -fiseer (Afrikaans), -ifikoj (Albanian), -fikoj (Albanian), فَعَّلَ (faʕʕala) (Arabic), -ificar (Asturian), -laşdırmaq (Azerbaijani), -ləşdirmək (Azerbaijani), -ifikatu (Basque), -fikatu (Basque), -іфікаваць (-ifikavacʹ) (Belarusian), -ифицирам (-ificiram) (Bulgarian), -ificar (Catalan), -化 (hoà) [Hokkien] (Chinese), -化 (faa³) (Chinese Cantonese), -化 (-huà) (Chinese Mandarin), -ifikovat (Czech), -fikovat (Czech), -ificere (Danish), -ficere (Danish), -ifiseren (Dutch), -iseren (Dutch), -igi (Esperanto), -ntaa (Finnish), -ntää (Finnish), -staa (Finnish), -stää (Finnish), -ifioida (Finnish), -fioida (Finnish), -ifier (French), -ificar (Galician), -fizieren (German), -ifizieren (German), -ποιώ (-poió) (Greek), -化 (fa) (Hakka Chinese), -ifikál (Hungarian), -ikál (Hungarian), -ít (Hungarian), -sít (Hungarian), -esít (Hungarian), -osít (Hungarian), -ösít (Hungarian), -asít (Hungarian), -ifar (Ido), -ifikar (Ido), -ificar (Interlingua), -ficar (Interlingua), -ificare (Italian), -ficare (Italian), 화(化)하다 (-hwa-hada) (Korean), -ifico (Latin), -ifika (Maltese), -fika (Maltese), -ifisere (Norwegian Bokmål), -fisere (Norwegian Bokmål), -ifisere (Norwegian Nynorsk), -fisere (Norwegian Nynorsk), -ificar (Occitan), -ficar (Occitan), -fikować (Polish), -ificar (Portuguese), -ifica (Romanian), -ифици́ровать (-ificírovatʹ) (Russian), -ificar (Spanish), -ifiera (Swedish), -fiera (Swedish), -ificera (Swedish), -ficera (Swedish), -laştırmak (Turkish), -leştirmek (Turkish), -ифікува́ти (-yfikuváty) (Ukrainian), ... hoá (alt: -化) (Vietnamese), ־יפֿיצירן (-ifitsirn) (Yiddish)
Related terms: -faction, -ficance, -ificance, -ficant, -ificant, -fication, -ification, -fic, -ific, -fier, -ifier, -ate, be-, em-, en- Disambiguation of 'forms verbs meaning "to make"': 53 47

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "Terms with Yiddish translations"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰeh₁-"
      },
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      "name": "inh"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
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    }
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        "present",
        "singular",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "-ified",
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        "past"
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    }
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      "word": "-ficance"
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      "word": "-ificance"
    },
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      "word": "-ficant"
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      "word": "-ificant"
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    },
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      "word": "-ification"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "-fier"
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      "word": "-ifier"
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      "word": "-ate"
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        "Forms transitive verbs meaning \"to make\" from adjectives and nouns."
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          "make",
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          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
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          "noun",
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        "morpheme"
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      "glosses": [
        "Forms intransitive verbs meaning \"to become\" from adjectives and nouns."
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          "adjective",
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          "noun",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪfaɪ/"
    }
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      "word": "-ise"
    },
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      "word": "-ize"
    }
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifiseer"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-fiseer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifikoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sq",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-fikoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "faʕʕala",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "فَعَّلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-laşdırmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ləşdirmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifikatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-fikatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "-ifikavacʹ",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-іфікаваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "-ificiram",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ифицирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "lang_code": "yue",
      "roman": "faa³",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-化"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "lang_code": "hak",
      "roman": "fa",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-化"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "lang_code": "nan-hbl",
      "roman": "hoà",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "-化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "-huà",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifikovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-fikovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ificere"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ficere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifiseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-iseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-igi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ntaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ntää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-staa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-stää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifioida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-fioida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-fizieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifizieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "-poió",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ποιώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifikál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ikál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-sít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-esít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-osít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ösít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-asít"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifikar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "lang_code": "ia",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "lang_code": "ia",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ficar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ificare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ficare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "note": "-化する (-かする, -ka-suru) (化 (-か, -ka) + する (-suru))",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\""
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "-hwa-hada",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "화(化)하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifico"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "lang_code": "mt",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "lang_code": "mt",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-fika"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-fisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-fisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ficar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-fikować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "-ificírovatʹ",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ифици́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ifiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-fiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ificera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ficera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-laştırmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-leştirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "-yfikuváty",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "-ифікува́ти"
    },
    {
      "alt": "-化",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "... hoá"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "-ifitsirn",
      "sense": "forms verbs meaning \"to make\"",
      "word": "־יפֿיצירן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ify"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: verb-forming suffix",
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}

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