Suffix

How many syllables in Suffix?

suffix has 2 syllables

Split Suffix into syllables?

suf-fix

Definition of Suffix

A group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or form a new word.

How should Suffix divide into syllables

The first syllable 'suf' has only one vowel 'u' and two consonants 's' and 'f'. The second syllable 'fix' has one vowel 'i' and two consonants 'f' and 'x'.

Part of Speech - Suffix

Noun

I added the suffix 'ful' to the word 'joy' to make 'joyful'.

Sentences with Suffix

  • The suffix 'er' added to the word 'teach' makes 'teacher'.
  • The suffix 'less' added to the word 'hope' makes 'hopeless'.
  • The suffix 'ly' added to the word 'quick' makes 'quickly'.
  • The word 'unhappy' has the prefix 'un' and the suffix 'y'.
  • The suffix 'able' added to the word 'read' makes 'readable'.

Quotes with Suffix

  • I'm a suffix, I'm not even a whole word. I'm just a bunch of letters waiting to be added to the end of someone else's word. - Jodi Picoult
  • A prefix is an affix that precedes the word. A suffix is an affix that follows the word. - Richard Lederer
  • I don't know what it is about fecundity that so appals. I suppose it is the teeming evidence that birth and growth, which we value, are ubiquitous and blind, that life itself is so astonishingly cheap, that nature is as careless as it is bountiful, and that with extravagance goes a crushing waste that will one day include our own cheap lives, Henchard's prosperity, everything... - Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge

Number of characters in Suffix

6 ( s, u, f, f, i, x )

Unique letters in Suffix

5 ( s, u, f, i, x )

Suffix Backwards

xiffus

Phonetic Transcription of Suffix

IPA (International): ˈsʌfɪks

ARA (American): ˈsʌfɪks

EPA (English): ˈsʌfɪks

SAH-FIH-KS