"-ize" meaning in English

See -ize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-aɪz/ [General-American]
Etymology: From Middle English -isen, from Middle French -iser, from Medieval Latin -izō, from Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō), from Proto-Indo-European *-idyé- (verbal suffix). Cognate with Gothic -𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (-itjan, verbal suffix), Old High German -izzen (verbal suffix), Old English -ettan (verbal suffix). Also see notes. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-isen}} Middle English -isen, {{der|en|frm|-iser}} Middle French -iser, {{der|en|ML.|-izō}} Medieval Latin -izō, {{der|en|grc|-ίζω}} Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō), {{der|en|ine-pro|*-idyé-|pos=verbal suffix}} Proto-Indo-European *-idyé- (verbal suffix), {{cog|got|-𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽||pos=verbal suffix}} Gothic -𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (-itjan, verbal suffix), {{cog|goh|-izzen|pos=verbal suffix}} Old High German -izzen (verbal suffix), {{cog|ang|-ettan|pos=verbal suffix}} Old English -ettan (verbal suffix) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=verb-forming suffixes|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ize, {{en-suffix|cat2=verb-forming suffixes}} -ize
  1. Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives, especially similative verbs
    to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ize-en-suffix-B2-NvaPq
  2. Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives, especially similative verbs
    to do what is denoted by the noun/adjective
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ize-en-suffix-IwftfHRE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -ise (english: non-Oxford British spelling) Derived forms: -izer, -ization Translations (suffix used to form verbs): -iseer (Afrikaans), -izoj (Albanian), -ποιέω (-poiéō) (Ancient Greek), -ίζω (-ízō) (Ancient Greek), -izar (Asturian), -izatu (Basque), -ізава́ць (-izavácʹ) (Belarusian), -ізі́раваць (-izíravacʹ) (Belarusian), -изи́рам (-izíram) (Bulgarian), -itzar (Catalan), -化 (hoà) [Hokkien] (Chinese), -化 (faa³) (Chinese Cantonese), -化 (huà) (Chinese Mandarin), -izovat (Czech), -ere (Danish), -isere (Danish), -iseren (Dutch), -igi (Esperanto), -iseerima (Estonian), -oida (Finnish), -öidä (Finnish), -isoida (Finnish), -iser (French), -izar (Galician), -ieren (German), -isieren (German), -ποιώ (-poió) (Greek), -ίζω (-ízo) (Greek), -化 (fa) (Hakka Chinese), -izál (Hungarian), -izar (Ido), -izzare (Italian), 화(化)하다 (-hwa-hada) (Korean), -izō (Latin), -ficō (Latin), -faciō (Latin), -izēt (Latvian), -izuoti (Lithuanian), -izà (Lombard), -изи́ра (-izíra) (Macedonian), -ere (Norwegian), -isere (Norwegian), -izar (Occitan), -izować (Polish), -yzować (Polish), -izar (Portuguese), -iza (Romanian), -иза (-iza) [Cyrillic] (Romanian), -изова́ть (-izovátʹ) (Russian), -изи́ровать (-izírovatʹ) (Russian), -изи́рати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), -izírati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), -izovať (Slovak), -izirati (Slovene), -izar (Spanish), -era (Swedish), -isera (Swedish), -ize (Turkish), -le (Turkish), -la (Turkish), -ізува́ти (-izuváty) (Ukrainian), ... hoá (alt: -化) (Vietnamese), ־יזירן (-izirn) (Yiddish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'suffix used to form verbs': 50 50

Suffix

IPA: /-aɪz/ [General-American]
Etymology: See -ise (noun-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{m|en|-ise|pos=noun-forming suffix}} -ise (noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ize, {{en-suffix}} -ize
  1. Alternative form of -ise (suffix used to form nouns) Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: -ise (extra: suffix used to form nouns)
    Sense id: en--ize-en-suffix-DVjmCw~G
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ieren"
    },
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-isieren"
    },
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "-poió",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ποιώ"
    },
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "-ízo",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izál"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "-alizál (see Usage notes at -izál)",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs"
    },
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izar"
    },
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izzare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "-化する (-かする, -ka-suru) (化 (-か, -ka) + する (-suru))",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs"
    },
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "-hwa-hada",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "화(化)하다"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ficō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-faciō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izēt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izuoti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izà"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "-izíra",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-изи́ра"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-isere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izować"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-yzować"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-iza"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "roman": "-iza",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "-иза"
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-izovátʹ",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-изова́ть"
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      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
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      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izovať"
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izirati"
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
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    },
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "lang": "Turkish",
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    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "lang": "Turkish",
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      "alt": "-化",
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      "word": "... hoá"
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "-izirn",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "־יזירן"
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    "English suffixes",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English verb-forming suffixes"
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    {
      "word": "-izer"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ization"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-isen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -isen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "-iser"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French -iser",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "-izō"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-ίζω"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-idyé-",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "-𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽",
        "3": "",
        "pos": "verbal suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic -𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (-itjan, verbal suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "-izzen",
        "pos": "verbal suffix"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "pos": "verbal suffix"
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English -isen, from Middle French -iser, from Medieval Latin -izō, from Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō), from Proto-Indo-European *-idyé- (verbal suffix). Cognate with Gothic -𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (-itjan, verbal suffix), Old High German -izzen (verbal suffix), Old English -ettan (verbal suffix). Also see notes.",
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      "expansion": "-ize",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "pixel + -ize → pixelize",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective"
      ],
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          "verb",
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        ],
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          "noun",
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        ],
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          "adjective",
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        ],
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          "similative",
          "similative#English"
        ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "cannibal + -ize → cannibalize",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives, especially similative verbs",
        "to do what is denoted by the noun/adjective"
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/-aɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "english": "non-Oxford British spelling",
      "word": "-ise"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-iseer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "-izavácʹ",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ізава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "-izíravacʹ",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ізі́раваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "-izíram",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-изи́рам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-itzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "faa³",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-化"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "fa",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-化"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "hoà",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "-化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huà",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ere"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-isere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-iseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-igi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-iseerima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-oida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-öidä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-isoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-iser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-isieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "-poió",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ποιώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "-ízo",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "-poiéō",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ποιέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "-ízō",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "-alizál (see Usage notes at -izál)",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "-化する (-かする, -ka-suru) (化 (-か, -ka) + する (-suru))",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "-hwa-hada",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "화(化)하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ficō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-faciō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izuoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izà"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "-izíra",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-изи́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ere"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-isere"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-yzować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-iza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "roman": "-iza",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "-иза"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-izovátʹ",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-изова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-izírovatʹ",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-изи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "-изи́рати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "-izírati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-izar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-era"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-isera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ize"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-le"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-la"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-izuváty",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "-ізува́ти"
    },
    {
      "alt": "-化",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "... hoá"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "-izirn",
      "sense": "suffix used to form verbs",
      "word": "־יזירן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ize"
}

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    "English suffixes",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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        "2": "-ise",
        "pos": "noun-forming suffix"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See -ise (noun-forming suffix).",
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        "2": "suffix",
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        "cat3": "",
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      "expansion": "-ize",
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "word": "-ise"
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        {
          "text": "palliard + -ize → palliardize",
          "type": "example"
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      "ipa": "/-aɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ize"
}

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