-ify

English

Alternative forms

• -fy

Etymology

From Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ificare, from -ficus, from facio, "make" or "do". For example, purify from purificare, from purificus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪfaɪ/

Suffix

-ify

1. To produce verbs meaning to make.

Synonyms

• -ise
• -ize

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ify

Related terms

• -faction
• -fic/-ific
• -ficance/-ificance
• -ficant/-ificant
• -fication/-ification
• -fier/-ifier

Translations

to produce verbs meaning to make

Afrikaans: -ifiseer, -fiseer Albanian: -ifikoj, -fikoj Arabic: فَعَّلَ (ar) (faʕʕala) Asturian: -ificar Azerbaijani: -laşdırmaq, -ləşdirmək Basque: -ifikatu, -fikatu Belarusian: -іфікаваць (-ifikavacʹ) Bulgarian: -ифицирам (-ificiram) Catalan: -ificar (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: -化 (faa3) Hakka: -化 (fa) Hokkien: -化 (hoà) Mandarin: -化 (zh) (-huà) Czech: -ifikovat, -fikovat Danish: -ificere, -ficere Dutch: -ifiseren, -iseren (nl) Esperanto: -igi (eo) Finnish: -ntaa, -ntää, -staa, -stää, -ifioida, -fioida French: -ifier (fr) Galician: -ificar German: -fizieren (de), -ifizieren Greek: -ποιώ (el) (-poió) Hungarian: -ifikál, -ikál, -ít (hu), -sít (hu), -esít, -osít, -ösít, -asít Ido: -ifar, -ifikar Interlingua: -ificar, -ficar Italian: -ificare, -ficare (it) Japanese: -化する (ja) (-かする, -ka-suru) (化 (ja) (-か, -ka) + する (ja) (-suru)) Korean: 화(化)하다 (-hwa-hada) Latin: -ifico Maltese: -ifika, -fika Norwegian: Bokmål: -ifisere, -fisere Nynorsk: -ifisere, -fisere Occitan: -ificar, -ficar Polish: -fikować Portuguese: -ificar Romanian: -ifica Russian: -ифици́ровать (-ificírovatʹ) Spanish: -ificar (es) Swedish: -ifiera, -fiera (sv), -ificera, -ficera Turkish: -laştırmak, -leştirmek Ukrainian: -ифікува́ти (-yfikuváty) Vietnamese: ... hoá (vi) (-化) Yiddish: ־יפֿיצירן (-ifitsirn)

See also

• -ate
• be-
• em-
• en-

Anagrams

• FYI, yif