diminutive suffix
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++diˌminutive ˈsuffix noun [countable] technical SLan ending that is added to a word to express smallness, for example ‘ling’ added to ‘duck’ to make ‘duckling’ 指小后缀〔如ling，它加在duck（鸭子）后面便变成了duckling（小鸭子）〕
diˌminutive ˈsuffix nounChineseSyllable
diminutive suffix
diˌminutive ˈsuffix
noun [countable] technical
an ending that is added to a word to express smallness, for example ‘ling’ added to ‘duck’ to make ‘duckling’
diˌminutive ˈsuffix
noun [countable] technicalan ending that is added to a word to express smallness, for example ‘ling’ added to ‘duck’ to make ‘duckling’