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English
Alternative forms
en -fy
Etymology
en :inh enm:-ifien<ety:bor<fro:-ifier<ety:der<la:-ificō<alt:-ificāre>>>>> 1
From en enm -ifien, from en fro -ifier, from en la -ificō -ificāre, from la -ficus, from la faciō to make, do. For example, en purify from la purifico purificare, from la purificus.
Pronunciation
en /ɪfaɪ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ify.wav Southern England
Suffix
Forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns.
Forms intransitive verbs meaning "to become" from adjectives and nouns.
Synonyms
en -ise
en -ize
Derived terms
en
Related terms
en -faction -fic,-ific -ficance,-ificance -ficant,-ificant -fication,-ification -fier,-ifier
Translations
forms verbs meaning "to make"
Afrikaans: af -ifiseer, af -fiseer
Albanian: sq -ifikoj, sq -fikoj
Arabic: ar فَعَّلَ
Asturian: ast -ificar
Azerbaijani: az -laşdırmaq, az -ləşdirmək
Basque: eu -ifikatu, eu -fikatu
Belarusian: be -іфікаваць
Bulgarian: bg -ифицирам
Catalan: ca -ificar
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 化 -化 faa3
Hakka: hak 化 -化 fa
Hokkien: nan-hbl 化 -化 hoà
Mandarin: cmn 化 -化 -huà
Czech: cs -ifikovat, cs -fikovat
Danish: da -ificere, da -ficere
Dutch: nl -ifiseren, nl -iseren
Esperanto: eo -igi
Finnish: fi -ntaa, fi -ntää, fi -staa, fi -stää, fi -ifioida, fi -fioida
French: fr -ifier
Galician: gl -ificar
German: de -fizieren, de -ifizieren
Greek: el -ποιώ
Hungarian: hu -ifikál, hu -ikál, hu -ít, hu -sít, hu -esít, hu -osít, hu -ösít, hu -asít
Ido: io -ifar, io -ifikar
Interlingua: ia -ificar, ia -ficar
Italian: it -ificare, it -ficare
Japanese: ja 化 -化する -かする, -ka-suru (ja 化 -か, -ka + ja する -suru)
Korean: ko -화(化)-하다
Latin: la -ifico
Maltese: mt -ifika, mt -fika
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb -ifisere, nb -fisere
Nynorsk: nn -ifisere, nn -fisere
Occitan: oc -ificar, oc -ficar
Polish: pl -fikować impf
Portuguese: pt -ificar
Romanian: ro -ifica
Russian: ru -ифици́ровать
Spanish: es -ificar
Swedish: sv -ifiera, sv -fiera, sv -ificera, sv -ficera
Turkish: tr -laştırmak, tr -leştirmek
Ukrainian: uk -ифікува́ти
Vietnamese: vi hoá ... hoá (vi 化 -化)
Yiddish: yi ־יפֿיצירן
See also
en -ate
en be-
en em-
en en-
Anagrams
en fiy FYI yif
en productive suffixes