-ify

See also: ify

English

Alternative forms

• -fy

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin -i-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -ficō

Latin -ificāreder.

Old French -ifierbor.

Middle English -ifien

English -ify

From Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ificāre, from -ficus, from faciō (“to make, do”). For example, purify from purificare, from purificus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪfaɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Suffix

-ify (verb-forming suffix, third-person singular simple present -ifies, present participle -ifying, simple past and past participle -ified)

2. Forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns.
4. Forms intransitive verbs meaning "to become" from adjectives and nouns.

Synonyms

• -ise
• -ize

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ify

abjectify

abortificant

abstractify

absurdify

acidify

adultify

adverbify

aerify

Ajaxify

ambiguify

amplify

angelify

Anglify

angrify

antiquify

aridify

asbestify

aurify

badify

basify

beastify

biggify

bigify

biodiversify

blackify

blandify

bluesify

bogotify

bonify

bourgeoisify

brandify

Britify

Britishify

bronzify

brownify

browserify

brutify

calcify

caprify

carbonify

cartoonify

Celtify

charcoalify

chertify

chibify

chintzified

chondrify

chunkify

churchify

chylify

chymify

clarify

classify

clothify

cloudify

coalify

codify

commified

commify

commodify

compactify

complexify

concavify

consistify

convexify

cornify

correctify

countify

crabbify

crappify

creatify

creepify

cretify

cuneify

cuntify

cutify

cylindrify

daintify

Danify

deacidify

deaiify

defunkify

degelify

degreenify

degunkify

dehumidify

deify

delignify

demonify

demorify

denerdify

denitrify

densify

desertify

deshittify

destinkify

destressify

detoxify

detrumpify

devagueify

disintensify

distinctify

diversify

dollified

dorkify

dronify

dullify

dumbify

duncify

duplify

dustify

Dutchify

dyslexify

easify

ebonify

ecclesiastify

emojify

Englify

Englishified

Englishify

equalify

-ifier

esterify

Estonify

etherify

ethify

eventify

exactify

exotify

explanification

extremify

factify

faggify

falsify

farcify

fecundify

filmify

filthify

finify

fishify

flaccify

fleshify

flintify

fluidify

foolify

footballify

fossilify

frenchify

fruitify

fuzzify

gamify

gasify

gayify

gelatinify

gelify

gellify

generify

Georgify

Germanify

Ghiblify

ghostify

girlbossify

girlify

glacify

gladify

glassify

goodify

gothify

Greekify

greenify

grossify

groupify

gypsify

halalify

hashtagify

healthify

hellify

heroify

hijabify

Hollywoodified

honorify

hornify

horrify

horsify

humanify

humblify

humidify

hungrify

hypertextify

-ific

iconify

imaginify

immunify

impurify

incentify

indemnify

insanify

intensify

intrinsify

iOSify

Related terms

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

Translations

forms 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 (fi), -ntää (fi), -staa (fi), -stää (fi), -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 impf
• 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 (vi))
• Yiddish: ־יפֿיצירן (-ifitsirn)

See also

• -ate
• be-
• em-
• en-

Anagrams

• FYI, yif