"-ish" meaning in Anglais

See -ish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: \ɪʃ\
  1. -âtre, -esque ; suffixe que l'on ajoute à un nom pour former un adjectif.
    Sense id: fr--ish-en-suffix-oTgXObUV
  2. -âtre, -aine ; suffixe que l'on ajoute à un adjectif pour lui donner la nuance de un peu, quelque peu ou à peu près.
    Sense id: fr--ish-en-suffix-j5r7jihF
  3. -ais, -ois ; suffixe qui indique, dans quelques cas, un gentilé ou une langue.
    Sense id: fr--ish-en-suffix-8GiO~aHz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en vieil anglais, Suffixes en anglais, Suffixes servant à créer des gentilés en anglais, Anglais Derived forms: biggish [compound], blackish [compound], bluish [compound], British [compound], brownish [compound], brutish [compound], childish [compound], coldish [compound], Cornish [compound], Danish [compound], dryish [compound], English [compound], fattish [compound], Finnish [compound], Flemish [compound], greenish [compound], grayish [compound], heavyish [compound], highish [compound], hottish [compound], Irish [compound], Kentish [compound], Kurdish [compound], largish [compound], lightish [compound], littlish [compound], longish [compound], lowish [compound], newish [compound], nightmarish [compound], oldish [compound], orangish [compound], pinkish [compound], Polish [compound], quickish [compound], purplish [compound], reddish [compound], Scottish [compound], selfish [compound], shortish [compound], sickish [compound], slowish [compound], smallish [compound], Spanish [compound], strongish [compound], Swedish [compound], tallish [compound], thickish [compound], thinnish [compound], Turkish [compound], weakish [compound], wettish [compound], whitish [compound], yellowish [compound], youngish [compound]
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        "compound"
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      "word": "biggish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
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      "word": "blackish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "bluish"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "British"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "brownish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "brutish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "childish"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "coldish"
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    {
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      "word": "Cornish"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Danish"
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    {
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    {
      "tags": [
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    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "fattish"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Finnish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Flemish"
    },
    {
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        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "greenish"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "grayish"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "heavyish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "highish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "hottish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Irish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Kentish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Kurdish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "largish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "lightish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "littlish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "longish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "lowish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "newish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "nightmarish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "oldish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "orangish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "pinkish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Polish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "quickish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "purplish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "reddish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Scottish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "selfish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "shortish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "sickish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "slowish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "smallish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Spanish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "strongish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Swedish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "tallish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "thickish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "thinnish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Turkish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "weakish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "wettish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "whitish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "yellowish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "youngish"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du vieil anglais -isc. Apparenté avec le néerlandais -isch, l’allemand -isch, le français -esque, le latin -icus (« -ique »), -isce, le grec ancien -ικος, -ikos, le tchèque -ský, etc."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "pos_title": "Suffixe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "brutish (composé de brute et de -ish)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-âtre, -esque ; suffixe que l'on ajoute à un nom pour former un adjectif."
      ],
      "id": "fr--ish-en-suffix-oTgXObUV"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "leftish, weakish, oldish."
        },
        {
          "text": "100-ish (une centaine)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-âtre, -aine ; suffixe que l'on ajoute à un adjectif pour lui donner la nuance de un peu, quelque peu ou à peu près."
      ],
      "id": "fr--ish-en-suffix-j5r7jihF"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "English, Spanish, Turkish."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-ais, -ois ; suffixe qui indique, dans quelques cas, un gentilé ou une langue."
      ],
      "id": "fr--ish-en-suffix-8GiO~aHz"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ɪʃ\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "morpheme"
  ],
  "word": "-ish"
}
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    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en vieil anglais",
    "Suffixes en anglais",
    "Suffixes servant à créer des gentilés en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "biggish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "blackish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "bluish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "British"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "brownish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "brutish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "childish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "coldish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Cornish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Danish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "dryish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "English"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "fattish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Finnish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Flemish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "greenish"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "grayish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "heavyish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "highish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "hottish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Irish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Kentish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Kurdish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "largish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "lightish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "littlish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "longish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "lowish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "newish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "nightmarish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "oldish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "orangish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "pinkish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Polish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "quickish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "purplish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "reddish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Scottish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "selfish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "shortish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "sickish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "slowish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "smallish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Spanish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "strongish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Swedish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "tallish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "thickish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "thinnish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "Turkish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "weakish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "wettish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "whitish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "yellowish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "compound"
      ],
      "word": "youngish"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du vieil anglais -isc. Apparenté avec le néerlandais -isch, l’allemand -isch, le français -esque, le latin -icus (« -ique »), -isce, le grec ancien -ικος, -ikos, le tchèque -ský, etc."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "pos_title": "Suffixe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "brutish (composé de brute et de -ish)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-âtre, -esque ; suffixe que l'on ajoute à un nom pour former un adjectif."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "leftish, weakish, oldish."
        },
        {
          "text": "100-ish (une centaine)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-âtre, -aine ; suffixe que l'on ajoute à un adjectif pour lui donner la nuance de un peu, quelque peu ou à peu près."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "English, Spanish, Turkish."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-ais, -ois ; suffixe qui indique, dans quelques cas, un gentilé ou une langue."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ɪʃ\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "morpheme"
  ],
  "word": "-ish"
}

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