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-ship

/ˈʃɪp/

-ship suffix: appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develop's one's character.

Suffix

-ship (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -ships)

  1. Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develop's one's character.
    • fellow + -ship → fellowship
    • owner + -ship → ownership
    Synonyms:
    -ness, -hood, -itude, -th, -ity, -dom

-ship meaning in Vietnamese

-ship in Vietnamese

suffix denoting a property or state of being
mối

Synonyms of -ship

Forms of -ship

plural-ships

Origin of -ship

From Middle English -schipe, -shippe, from Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Compare Scots -schip, West Frisian -skip, Dutch -schap, German -schaft, Swedish -skap, Icelandic -skapur. Related to shape.

Words that rhyme with -ship

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Questions about -ship

What does -ship mean?
-ship means appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develop's one's character.
What is -ship in Vietnamese?
-ship in Vietnamese is mối. See -ship meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is -ship?
-ship is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -ship?
-ship is pronounced /ˈʃɪp/.

Words near -ship in the dictionary

  1. -ses
  2. -set
  3. -setron
  4. -sexual
  5. -sful
  6. -ship
  7. -ships
  8. -shire
  9. -sicle
  10. -sicles
  11. -side

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