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-fy

/faɪ/

-fy is the alternative form of -ify.

Meaning of -ify

Suffix

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

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

Forms of -fy

third-person singular present-fies
present participle-fying
past participle-fied
past-fied

Questions about -fy

What is -fy the alternative form of?
-fy is the alternative form of -ify.
How do you pronounce -fy?
-fy is pronounced /faɪ/.

Words near -fy in the dictionary

  1. -full
  2. -fuls
  3. -fung-
  4. -fungin
  5. -furter
  6. -fy
  7. -fying
  8. -gab-
  9. -gamies
  10. -gamous
  11. -gamy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: -fy (page history and authors); -ify (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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