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-ii

/aɪ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.02 in modern English

Syllables
-ii
IPA
/aɪ/
2
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
2
Syllables
1
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Misspelling of -i.

suffix

Used to form nonstandard, uncommon, often humorous alternative plural forms of nouns that end in -us, -is or a similar sound.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From rebracketing of plural forms like radii (plural of radius), borrowed from Latin. Latin forms the nominative plural of second-declension nouns by replacing -us with -ī, which results in plural forms that end in -iī for nouns with singulars ending in -ius. Some English speakers occasionally extend -ii to form nonstandard plural forms of English nouns that end simply with the letters -us or with other letter sequences with a similar pronunciation (such as -is /ɪs/).

Questions

How do you pronounce -ii?
The recorded pronunciation is /aɪ/.
What does -ii mean?
Misspelling of -i.
Where does -ii come from?
From rebracketing of plural forms like radii (plural of radius), borrowed from Latin. Latin forms the nominative plural of second-declension nouns by replacing -us with -ī, which results in plural forms that end in -iī for nouns with singulars ending in -ius. Some English speakers occasionally extend -ii to form nonstandard plural forms of English nouns that end simply with the letters -us or with other letter sequences with a similar pronunciation (such as -is /ɪs/).

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