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-ship
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ship Ship
English
Etymology
en :inh enm:-schipe 1
en ine-pro *(s)kep-
From en enm -schipe, enm -shippe, from en ang -sċiepe, from en gmw-pro *-skapi, from en gem-pro *-skapiz.
Compare sco -schip, fy -skip, nl -schap, de -schaft, sv -skap, is -skapur. Related to en shape.
Pronunciation
en /ˈʃɪp/ [ˈʃʰɪp]
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en -ship
Suffix
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Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develops one's character.
en fellow fellowship
en owner ownership
Synonyms
property or state of being en -ness, en -hood, en -itude, en -th, en -ity, en -dom
Derived terms
en
Translations
suffix denoting a property or state of being
Armenian: hy -ություն
Bulgarian: bg -ство
Czech: cs -ství
Danish: da -skab
Dutch: nl -schap
Esperanto: eo -eco
Finnish: fi -us
French: fr -esse f, fr -eur f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy -skip
Georgian: ka -ობა, ka -ება
German: de -schaft
Hungarian: hu -ság, hu -ség
Icelandic: is -skapur
Ido: io -eso
Italian: it -ezza f f-p, it -ità f f-p, it -enza f
Khmer: km ភាព
Macedonian: mk -ство
Mongolian: mn
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb -skap m n
Persian: fa -ی
Polish: pl -stwo n
Portuguese: pt -idade f
Romanian: ro -ie f, ro -itate f, ro -tate f, ro -ătate f
Russian: ru -ство
Spanish: es -azgo m, es -dad f
Swedish: sv -skap
Turkish: depending on the last vowel: tr -lık, tr -lik, tr -luk, tr -lük
Vietnamese: vi mối
Anagrams
en hips HIPs hiPS hips phis pish
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
jam :inh en:-ship 1
jam en -ship.
Suffix
jam suffix
en -ship
Derived terms
jam
Middle English
Suffix
enm suffix 1
enm -schipe