-escent
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Beginning to be; becoming:
变成：开始成为；变成：
juvenescent.
到达青年期的 - Characterized by; resembling:
特点是：具有…特征的；相象的：
opalescent.
发乳白色的
语源
- French
法语 - from Old French
源自 古法语 - from Latin -ēscēns -ēscent- [present participle suff. of inchoative verbs in] -ēscere
源自 拉丁语 -ēscēns -ēscent- [] -ēscere的起始动词现在分词后缀
-escent
suffix forming adjectives
beginning to be, do, show, etc
⇒
convalescent
⇒
luminescent
Derived Forms
-escence suffix forming nounsOrigin
via Old French from Latin -ēscent-, stem of present participial suffix of -ēscere, ending of inceptive verbs-escent
Word Origin
1
a suffix of adjectives borrowed from Latin, where it had an inchoative force; often corresponding to verbs in -esce and nouns in -escence: convalescent; recrudescent.
Origin
< Latin, stem of -ēscēns, present participle ending
Related Words
- adularescent
- albescent
- alkalescent
- arborescent
- calescent
- candescent
-escenta suffix of adjectives meaning beginning to be or do something, becoming or being somewhat (as indicated), as in convalescent, deliquescent, recrudescent, often associated with verbs ending in -esce or nouns ending in -escence.
[Latin -escens, present participle ending]-escent
adjective suffix
frutescent
2. reflecting or emitting light (in a specified way)
opalescent
adjective suffix
ETYMOLOGY Middle French, from Latin -escent-, -escens, present participle suffix of inchoative verbs in -escere
1. beginning : beginning to be : slightlyfrutescent
2. reflecting or emitting light (in a specified way)
opalescent
-escent
suffix
- forming adjectives denoting a developing state or action［构成形容词］表示“进展中的状态或行动”：
-
coalescent
fluorescent.
派生词
-escence suffix
forming corresponding nouns
［构成相应的名词］。
词源
from French, or from Latin -escent- （present participial stem of verbs ending in -escere）.
-escent
word-forming element meaning "beginning, becoming, tending to be," from Latin -escentem (nominative -escens), ending of present participles of verbs in -escere.
ORIGIN: Repr. French -escent or Latin -escent- pres. ppl stem of verbs in -escere : see -esce -ent
-escent
suffix. coming to be or do something; in the process of _____ing, as in adolescent, convalescent.
[< Latin -ēscēns, -ēscentis, present participle ending of verbs in -ēscere]
-es·cent
\|esənt\ adjective suffix
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin -escent-, -escens (present participle suffix of inchoative verbs ending in -escere), from -esc-, element forming inchoative verbs + -ent-, -ens, present participle suffix of the 3d conjugation — more at -ent
1. : beginning, beginning to be, becoming, slightly
< obsolescent >
< arborescent >
< alkalescent >
2. : reflecting or emitting light (in a specified way)
< opalescent >
< fluorescent >
1.
< obsolescent >
< arborescent >
< alkalescent >
2.
< opalescent >
< fluorescent >
-escent
Suffix
- beginning to be; becoming
- resembling
Etymology
Latin -escent, form of -ēscō (“I become”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -escent
Related terms
后缀：-escent [形容词后缀]
表示开始、正在、逐渐成为某种状态的，似...的、略...的
efflorescent 正在开花的
evanescent 渐渐消失的
rejuvenesecent 返老还童的
senescent 逐渐衰老的
liquescent （可）液化的
ignescent 发出火花的
convalescent 逐渐痊愈的
incandescent 白炽的
juvenescent 逐渐成为青年的
ingravescent （病等）越来越重的