"desinence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛsɪnəns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɛsənəns/ [US] Forms: desinences [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French désinence, from Latin dēsinentia, present participle of dēsinō (“I stop, end, close, make an end”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tḱey-}}, {{bor|en|fr|désinence}} French désinence, {{uder|en|la|dēsinentia}} Latin dēsinentia Head templates: {{en-noun}} desinence (plural desinences)
  1. (linguistics) A suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix. Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: desinential Translations (inflectional word-ending): eptim (Albanian), desinència [feminine] (Catalan), désinence [feminine] (French), végződés (Hungarian), rag (Hungarian), dezinenco (Ido), foirceann [masculine] (Irish), desinenza [feminine] (Italian), нөхцөл (nöxcöl) (Mongolian), desinência [feminine] (Portuguese), desinencia [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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