Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done).
Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure.
Used to form diminutives.
Less commonly added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action).
Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.
Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese.
Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or.
Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed.
Appended to the names of members of classes of components, especially those that have an extensive property name of the same root suffixed with -ance
Used to form nouns of quality, state, or condition.