English Section: Suffixes

Able/ible

Able, capable

Age

Act of, state of, result of

Al

Relating to

Algia

Pain

An/ian

Native of, relating to

Ance/ancy

Action, process, state

Ary/ery/ory

Relating to, quality, place

Cian

Processing a specific skill or art

Cule/ling

Very small

Cy

Action, function

Dom

Quality, realm

Ee

One who receives the action

En

Made of, to make

Ence/ency

Action, state of, quality

Er/or

One who, that which

Escent

In the process of

Esis/osis

Action, process, condition

Et, ette

Small one, group

Fic

Making, causing

Ful

Full of

Hood

Order, condition, quality

Ice

Condition, state, quality

Id/ide

A thing connected with or belonging to

Ile

Relating to, suited for, capable of

Ine

Nature of

Ion/sion/tion

Act, result, or state of

Ish

Origin, nature, resembling

Ism

System, manner, condition, characteristic

Ist

One who, that which

Ite

Nature of, quality of, mineral product

Ity/ty

State of, quality

Ive

Causing, making

Ize/ise

Make

Ment

Act of, state of, result

Oid

Resembling

Some

Like, apt, tending to

Strat

Cover

Tude

State of, condition of

Um

Forms single nouns

Ure

State of, act, process, rank

Ward

In the direction of

Y

Inclined to, tend to