"-scape" meaning in English

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Suffix

Forms: -scapes [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English landscapebf. English -scape Back-formation from landscape, the suffix representing Middle Dutch -schap (“the English suffix -ship, e.g. of friendship, kinship, ownership”), from Old Dutch -skap (“-ship”), from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz (“-ship”), from *skapaz (“shape, form”). Cognate with Modern Dutch -schap (“-ship”), German -schaft (“-ship”), Swedish -skap (“-ship”), -scipe (“-ship”). More at -ship, shape. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bf|landscape|tree=1}} Etymology tree English landscapebf. English -scape [Appendix:Glossary#back-formation|Back-formation]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "landscape", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "back-formation" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-scape", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="-scape">, {{back-form|en|landscape}} Back-formation from landscape, {{der|en|dum|-schap|t=the English suffix -ship, e.g. of friendship, kinship, ownership}} Middle Dutch -schap (“the English suffix -ship, e.g. of friendship, kinship, ownership”), {{der|en|odt|-skap|t=-ship}} Old Dutch -skap (“-ship”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*-skapiz|t=-ship}} Proto-Germanic *-skapiz (“-ship”), {{cog|nl|-schap||-ship}} Dutch -schap (“-ship”), {{cog|de|-schaft||-ship}} German -schaft (“-ship”), {{cog|sv|-skap||-ship}} Swedish -skap (“-ship”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} -scape (noun-forming suffix, plural -scapes)
  1. form, formation, shape Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--scape-en-suffix-mBS3k0dS Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English back-formations: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 100 0 0
  2. scene, picture, view Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--scape-en-suffix-1qvknjGL
  3. A specific type of space Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--scape-en-suffix-ENyv2Uvk

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -scape meaning in English (3.1kB)

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