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-cies

-cies is the plural of -cy.

Meaning of -cy

Suffix

-cy (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -cies)

  1. (non-productive) Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality.
    • private + -cy → privacy
    Synonyms:
    -ness, -ity, -itude, -th
  2. (non-productive) Used to form nouns of rank or office.
    • president + -cy → presidency
    Synonyms:
    -ate

Questions about -cies

What is -cies the plural of?
-cies is the plural of -cy.

Words near -cies in the dictionary

  1. -chu
  2. -ci-
  3. -ciclovir
  4. -cidal
  5. -cide
  6. -cies
  7. -cillin
  8. -cin
  9. -cir-
  10. -cism
  11. -citabine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -cies (page history and authors); -cy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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