French suffix

-iser

causative

Register

learned

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

ADJ · N

Status

Establisheddraft

tlfi

Words built with -iser

moderniser
make modern
moderne+-iser

Does the same job elsewhere

Functional equivalents, placed in their lanes. Same register is noted; most differ.

English

  • -ize
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -ify
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -en
    functional equivalent; register differs (L vs N)

French

this affix: -iser

    Hindi

    • -आ-
      functional equivalent; register differs (L vs N)

    Telugu

    Tamil