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-ade

-ade suffix: used to form nouns denoting action, or a person performing said action.

Suffix (1)

-ade (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -ades)

  1. Used to form nouns denoting action, or a person performing said action.
  2. Indicating a drink made from a given fruit.
    • lemonade, limeade, orangeade

Suffix (2)

-ade (noun-forming suffix, plural -ades)

  1. Used to form collectives; see -ad.

Forms of -ade

plural-ades

Origin of -ade

Borrowed from Spanish -ado, from Latin -āta, feminine form of -ātus, suffix used to create adjectives and nouns.

Words formed from -ade

Questions about -ade

What does -ade mean?
-ade means used to form nouns denoting action, or a person performing said action.
What part of speech is -ade?
-ade is a suffix.

Words near -ade in the dictionary

  1. -acious
  2. -acity
  3. -acusis
  4. -acy
  5. -ad
  6. -ade
  7. -adelic
  8. -adenia
  9. -ades
  10. -adic
  11. -adol

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