Meanings
noundesinence (plural desinences)
plural desinences
- human sciencesA suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Latindēsinentia
- Frenchdésinence
- Englishdesinence
Borrowed from French désinence, from Latin dēsinentia, present participle of dēsinō (“to stop, end, close, make an end”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan desinència
- desinènciainflectional word-ending
Czech koncovka
- koncovkainflectional word-ending
Danish endelse
- endelseinflectional word-ending
Dutch uitgang
- uitganginflectional word-ending
Finnish taivutuspääte
- taivutuspääteinflectional word-ending
French désinence
- désinenceinflectional word-ending
German Endung
- Endunginflectional word-ending
Hungarian végződés, rag
- végződésinflectional word-ending
- raginflectional word-ending
Icelandic ending
- endinginflectional word-ending
Irish foirceann
- foirceanninflectional word-ending
Italian desinenza
- desinenzainflectional word-ending
Norwegian Bokmål endelse, ending
- endelseinflectional word-ending
- endinginflectional word-ending
Polish końcówka
- końcówkainflectional word-ending
Portuguese desinência
- desinênciainflectional word-ending
Russian окончание
- окончание (okončanije)inflectional word-ending
Spanish desinencia
- desinenciainflectional word-ending
Swedish ändelse
- ändelseinflectional word-ending
Ukrainian закінчення
- закінчення (zakinčennja)inflectional word-ending
Cite this entry
APA
desinence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desinence
MLA
“desinence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desinence. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desinence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desinence.
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