-ify

/ɪfaɪ/

suffix

Forms transitive verbs meaning "to make" from adjectives and nouns.

Similar
-ise-ize
OriginProto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person -ifies · participle present -ifying · participle past -ified · past -ified · alternative -fy

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
-ise-ize
Also see
-ize

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  2. Proto-Italic*θakos
  3. 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.

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Translations

Afrikaans -ifiseer, -fiseer
  • -ifiseerforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -fiseerforms verbs meaning "to make"
Arabic فَعَّلَ
  • فَعَّلَ (faʕʕala)forms verbs meaning "to make"
Basque -ifikatu, -fikatu
  • -ifikatuforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -fikatuforms verbs meaning "to make"
Bulgarian -ифицирам
  • -ифицирам (-ificiram)forms verbs meaning "to make"
Catalan -ificar
  • -ificarforms verbs meaning "to make"
Chinese Cantonese -化
  • -化 (faa³)forms verbs meaning "to make"
Chinese Mandarin -化
  • -化 (-huà)forms verbs meaning "to make"
Czech -ifikovat, -fikovat
  • -ifikovatforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -fikovatforms verbs meaning "to make"
Danish -ificere, -ficere
  • -ificereforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -ficereforms verbs meaning "to make"
Dutch -ifiseren, -iseren
  • -ifiserenforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -iserenforms verbs meaning "to make"
Esperanto -igi
  • -igiforms verbs meaning "to make"
Finnish -ntaa, -ntää
  • -ntaaforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -ntääforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -staaforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -stääforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -ifioidaforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -fioidaforms verbs meaning "to make"
French -ifier
  • -ifierforms verbs meaning "to make"
German -fizieren, -ifizieren
  • -fizierenforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -ifizierenforms verbs meaning "to make"
Greek -ποιώ
  • -ποιώ (-poió)forms verbs meaning "to make"
Hungarian -ifikál, -ikál
  • -ifikálforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -ikálforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -ítforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -sítforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -esítforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -osítforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -ösítforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -asítforms verbs meaning "to make"
Italian -ificare, -ficare
  • -ificareforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -ficareforms verbs meaning "to make"
Korean 화(化)하다
  • 화(化)하다 (-hwa-hada)forms verbs meaning "to make"
Latin -ifico
  • -ificoforms verbs meaning "to make"
Norwegian Bokmål -ifisere, -fisere
  • -ifisereforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -fisereforms verbs meaning "to make"
Polish -fikować
  • -fikowaćforms verbs meaning "to make"
Portuguese -ificar
  • -ificarforms verbs meaning "to make"
Romanian -ifica
  • -ificaforms verbs meaning "to make"
Russian -ифици́ровать
  • -ифици́ровать (-ificírovatʹ)forms verbs meaning "to make"
Spanish -ificar
  • -ificarforms verbs meaning "to make"
Swedish -ifiera, -fiera
  • -ifieraforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -fieraforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -ificeraforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -ficeraforms verbs meaning "to make"
Turkish -laştırmak, -leştirmek
  • -laştırmakforms verbs meaning "to make"
  • -leştirmekforms verbs meaning "to make"
Ukrainian -ифікува́ти
  • -ифікува́ти (-yfikuváty)forms verbs meaning "to make"
Vietnamese ... hoá
  • ... hoáforms verbs meaning "to make"
Yiddish ־יפֿיצירן
  • ־יפֿיצירן (-ifitsirn)forms verbs meaning "to make"
Cite this entry
APA

-ify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ify

MLA

“-ify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ify. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-ify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ify.

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