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-red

-red suffix: a suffix forming nouns of condition or state.

Suffix

-red

  1. (idiomatic) A suffix forming nouns of condition or state.
    • hatred
    • kindred

Origin of -red

From Middle English -rede, -red, -redde, -reden, from Old English -rǣden (which see). Cognate with German -rat (as in Heirat (“wedding”)).

Questions about -red

What does -red mean?
-red means a suffix forming nouns of condition or state.
What part of speech is -red?
-red is a suffix.

Words near -red in the dictionary

  1. -quinil
  2. -racil
  3. -rama
  4. -rd
  5. -rds
  6. -red
  7. -rel
  8. -relin
  9. -ren
  10. -renone
  11. -reotide

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