-ic

• -ick (obsolete)

From Middle English -ik, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos, formed with the i-stem suffix *-i- and the adjectival suffix *-kos, *-ḱos. Compare Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós), Sanskrit -इक (-ika) and Old Church Slavonic -ъкъ (-ŭkŭ). Doublet of -ac and -y.

PIE *-kos on noun stems carried the meaning 'characteristic of, like, typical, pertaining to', and on adjectival stems it acted emphatically.

• IPA^(key): /ɪk/

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-ic

1. Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.

   Cyrillic

   acidic

2. (chemistry) Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).

The suffix -ic is often added to words of Greek or Latin origin, but may also be used with other words, and in some cases is even added (redundantly) to adjectives, as in veganic (from vegan).

• -adic
• -ical
• -ician
• -ics

• -ci-, C&I, CI, cI, ci

Borrowed from Latin -icus.

-ic (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ica, masculine plural -ics, feminine plural -iques)

1. -ic (of or pertaining to)

-ic m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ics)

1. (chemistry) -ic

Inherited from Latin -iccus.

-ic m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ics)

1. forms diminutive nouns

-ic

1. Alternative form of -ik

From Latin -icus.

• IPA^(key): /ik/

-ic m or n (feminine singular -ică, masculine plural -ici, feminine and neuter plural -ice)

1. Forms adjectives with the meaning "of or pertaining to".

• -ec
• -atic/-atec