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-sky

UK/-skiː/US/-ski/

-sky is the alternative spelling of -ski.

Meaning of -ski

Suffix

-ski

  1. (humorous, informal) Added to a word, name, or phrase to invoke Russianness, Polishness, or a more general Slavicness.

Suffix

IPA/-skaɪ/

-sky

  1. (Internet) Combined with a noun or adjective for a specific community of users or a genre of posts on the social media platform Bluesky.

Origin of -sky

Clipping of Bluesky. Compare -blr, -Tok, and -Tube.

Words formed from -sky

  • Artsky
  • Blacksky
  • Booksky
  • Econsky
  • Libsky
  • WriteSky

Questions about -sky

What does -sky mean?
-sky means combined with a noun or adjective for a specific community of users or a genre of posts on the social media platform Bluesky.
What is -sky the alternative spelling of?
-sky is the alternative spelling of -ski.
What part of speech is -sky?
-sky is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -sky?
-sky is pronounced /-skiː/ (UK).

Words near -sky in the dictionary

  1. -sie
  2. -sies
  3. -sion
  4. -sis
  5. -ski
  6. -sky
  7. -slide
  8. -slop
  9. -soc
  10. -soft
  11. -sol

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: -sky (page history and authors); -ski (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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