desinence

See also: désinence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French désinence, from Latin dēsinentia, present participle of dēsinō (“I stop, end, close, make an end”).

Pronunciation

Noun

desinence (plural desinences)

  1. (linguistics) A suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix.

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