Definition of -ish in English Dictionary

• 接尾辞 (Suffix)SUF-ish+-
  1. (appended to many kinds of words) Typical or similar to.
     1. Her face had a girlish charm. ‎
  2. (appended to adjectives) Somewhat.
     1. Her face had a greenish tinge. ‎
  3. (appended to numbers, especially times and ages) About, approximately.
     1. We arrived at tennish;  We arrived tennish. ‎ (Sometime around ten.)
     2. I couldn't tell his precise age, but he was fiftyish. ‎
  4. (appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) Of a nationality, place, language or similar association with something.
     1. British, Cornish, Danish, English, Finnish, Irish, Jewish, Kentish, Scottish, Spanish, Swedish etc. ‎

• 品詞階層 (Part-of-Speech Hierarchy)
  1. 形態素
     • サフィックス
       • 形容詞を形成する接尾辞
       • 生産的な接尾辞

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類似の単語 (Look-Alike Words)

1. en wish
2. en fish
3. en dish
4. en ish
5. en gish