A suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Suffixes can carry grammatical information (inflectional suffixes) or lexical information (derivational suffixes).
Hậu tố là một phần từ ngắn được thêm vào sau gốc từ để thay đổi nghĩa của từ.
Suffix Meaning Key Word
| -able, -ible | can be done | comfortable |
| -al, -ial | having characteristics of | personal |
| -ed* | past-tense verbs | hopped |
| -en | made of | wooden |
| -er | comparative | higher |
| -er, | one who | worker, actor |
| -est | comparative | biggest |
| -ful | full of | careful |
| -ic | having characteristics of | linguistic |
| -ing* | verb form/ present participle | running |
| -ion, -tion,
-ation, ition |
act, process | occasion, attraction |
| -ity, -ty | state of | infinity |
| -ive, -ative, -itive | adjective form of a noun | plaintive |
| -less | without | fearless |
| -ly* | characteristic of | quickly |
| -ment | action or process | enjoyment |
| -ness | state of, condition of | kindness |
| -ous, -eous, -ious | possessing the qualities of | joyous |
| -s, -es* | more than one | books, boxes |
| -y | characterized by | happy |
*Most frequent. The four most frequent suffixes account for 97 percent of suffixed words in printed school English.
