suffer
/ˈsʌfɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Many artists suffer before becoming famous."
- "At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash."
- "If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer."
- "Our correspondent found that timekeeping had suffered following the substitution of Class 5 4-6-0s on these workings."
- "I've been suffering your insults for years."
- "We hope you never have to suffer the same pain."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin suffero Latin sufferre Vulgar Latin *sufferīre Old French suffrirbor. Middle English suffren English suffer From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native Old English þrōwian.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *bʰer-, suffren, sofrir, sufferō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsʌfɚ/
- British English: /ˈsʌfə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
suffers (present, singular)
suffering (participle, present)
suffered (participle, past)
suffered (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
suffered (first person, past)
sufferest (archaic, present)
suffered (past, second person)
sufferedst (archaic, past)
suffereth (archaic, present)
suffered (past, singular)