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-phane

-phane suffix: appearing; visible; seeming.

Suffix

-phane

  1. Appearing; visible; seeming.

Origin of -phane

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -φανής (-phanḗs, “having a certain appearance”).

Questions about -phane

What does -phane mean?
-phane means appearing; visible; seeming.
What part of speech is -phane?
-phane is a suffix.

Words near -phane in the dictionary

  1. -phagist
  2. -phagous
  3. -phagy
  4. -phalangia
  5. -phalangy
  6. -phane
  7. -phanous
  8. -phany
  9. -phasia
  10. -phemia
  11. -phil

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