-ize
English
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /-aɪz/
- (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /-ɑjz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- According to the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, "it is unstressed (though strong) in Received Pronunciation and General American, but sometimes stressed in other varieties".
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
From Middle English -isen, from Middle French -iser, from Late Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō), from Proto-Indo-European *-idyé- (verbal suffix). Cognate with Old English -ettan (verbal suffix).
Alternative forms
- -ise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Suffix
-ize (verb-forming suffix, third-person singular simple present -izes, present participle -izing, simple past and past participle -ized)
- Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives, especially similative verbs
- to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective
- to do what is denoted by the noun/adjective
- cannibal + -ize → cannibalize
Usage notes
- Many English verbs end in the suffix -ize, which in British English can also be spelled -ise. (The suffix is not to be be confused with the English or French stems -rise, -mise, -vise, -cise, etc., as in arise, surprise, advertise, improvise, etc., which are spelled with -s- everywhere.) This suffix ultimately derives from Late Latin -izāre, Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō), but it entered English from Middle French -iser as Middle English -isen. The variation of -ize and -ise began in Old French and Middle English, perhaps aided by words such as surprise. In Britain, although the Oxford University Press uses -ize, -ise has become the most common spelling. In the US, the suffix is always spelled -ize, and this is also the predominant spelling in Canada.
Synonyms
(to become something or adopt other's customs, to assimilate)
Derived terms
Translations
suffix used to form verbs
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Etymology 2
See -ise (noun-forming suffix).
Suffix
-ize (noun-forming suffix, plural -izes)
- Alternative form of -ise (suffix used to form nouns).
- palliard + -ize → palliardize
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