Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-ific

/-ˈɪf.ɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
-if-ic
IPA
/-ˈɪf.ɪk/
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Creating or causing something.

suffix

Very; extremely; forming adjectives from nouns.

Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -(i)ficuslbor. English -ific Learned borrowing from Latin -(i)ficus. By surface analysis, -ify + -ic.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /-ˈɪf.ɪk/
  • British English: /-ˈɪf.ɪk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more -ific (comparative) most -ific (superlative)

Rhymes With

signific biospecific overspecific stonerific spumific carbonific hipsterific crapperific trispecific inspecific nanospecific panspecific

Questions

How do you pronounce -ific?
The recorded pronunciation is /-ˈɪf.ɪk/.
What does -ific mean?
Creating or causing something.
Where does -ific come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -(i)ficuslbor. English -ific Learned borrowing from Latin -(i)ficus. By surface analysis, -ify + -ic.

How to pronounce -ific

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