"-ii" meaning in English

See -ii in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /aɪ/ (note: variously), /i.aɪ/ (note: variously), /iː/ (note: variously)
Etymology: From rebracketing of plural forms like radii (plural of radius), borrowed from Latin. Latin forms the nominative plural of second-declension nouns by replacing -us with -ī, which results in plural forms that end in -iī for nouns with singulars ending in -ius. Some English speakers occasionally extend -ii to form nonstandard plural forms of English nouns that end simply with the letters -us or with other letter sequences with a similar pronunciation (such as -is /ɪs/). Etymology templates: {{glossary|rebracketing}} rebracketing, {{m|en|radii}} radii, {{m|en|radius}} radius Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ii, {{en-suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes}} -ii
  1. Misspelling of -i. Tags: alt-of, misspelling, morpheme Alternative form of: -i
    Sense id: en--ii-en-suffix-~CxU-1Zw
  2. Used to form nonstandard, uncommon, often humorous alternative plural forms of nouns that end in -us, -is or a similar sound. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ii-en-suffix-yXxQkwqp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English rebracketings, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of English rebracketings: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 8 66 9 17

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