Pronunciations (3)
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/ɪʃ/
Pronunciation notes
- Australia
- Canada
- Scotland
- US
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/əʃ/
Pronunciation notes
- New-Zealand
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/iʃ/
Pronunciation notes
- India
Suffix
Typical of, similar to, being like.
Usage- morpheme
- of adjectives from common nouns
- Examples
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Her face had a girlish charm.
[…] ; for she had recently developed a magpie[-]ish tendency to appropriate and conceal trifling matters; […]
Somewhat, rather.
Usage- morpheme
- of adjectives from adjectives
- with a diminutive force
- Related words
- Examples
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Her face had a bluish tinge.
More examples (1)
By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
About, approximately.
Usage- especially
- morpheme
- of adjectives from numbers
- of times and ages
- Examples
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We arrived at tennish. We arrived tennish.
I couldn't tell his precise age, but he looked fiftyish.
Of, belonging, or relating to (a nationality, place, language or similar association with something).
Usage- morpheme
- of adjectives from roots of proper nouns denoting names of nations or regions
- Examples
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British, Cornish, Danish, English, Finnish, Irish, Jewish, Kentish, Polish, Scottish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish etc.
Suffix
An ending found on some verbs; see usage notes.
Usage- idiomatic
- morpheme