"-ance" meaning in All languages combined

See -ance on Wiktionary

Suffix [English]

IPA: /-əns/
Etymology: From Middle English -aunce, -ance, from Anglo-Norman -aunce and continental Old French -ance, from Latin -antia, -entia. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-aunce}} Middle English -aunce, {{der|en|xno|-aunce}} Anglo-Norman -aunce, {{der|en|fro|-ance}} Old French -ance, {{der|en|la|-antia}} Latin -antia Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ance, {{en-suffix}} -ance
  1. Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun indicating a state or condition, such as result or capacity, associated with the verb. Tags: morpheme Translations (a state): -ança [feminine] (Catalan), -ance (French), -ance (Friulian), -ság (Hungarian), -ség (Hungarian), -at (Hungarian), -et (Hungarian), -alom (Hungarian), -elem (Hungarian), -anza [feminine] (Italian), -aunce (Middle English), -ing (Middle English), -ance (Old French), -ança [feminine] (Portuguese), -anță [feminine] (Romanian), -ение (-enije) [neuter] (Russian), -anza (Spanish), -ancia [feminine] (Spanish), -ans [common-gender] (Swedish), -ansa [feminine] (Venetan)
    Sense id: en--ance-en-suffix-m58P2wtH Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Old French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Venetan translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Old French translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Venetan translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'a state': 100 0
  2. Added to a verb to form a noun indicating a process or action. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ance-en-suffix-yO~XKUy4 Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -ence, ⠨⠑ (english: Braille) Related terms: -ency

Suffix [French]

IPA: /ɑ̃s/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7--ance.wav Forms: -ances [plural]
Etymology: From Old French -ance, from Latin -antia and -entia. Compare Spanish -anza, -enza, Italian -anza, -enza, Portuguese -ança, -ença, Romanian -ință. Cognate to French -ence. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fro|-ance}} Old French -ance, {{der|fr|la|-antia}} Latin -antia, {{cog|es|-anza}} Spanish -anza, {{cog|it|-anza}} Italian -anza, {{cog|pt|-ança}} Portuguese -ança, {{cog|ro|-ință}} Romanian -ință, {{cog|fr|-ence}} French -ence Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} -ance f (plural -ances)
  1. -ance; forms abstract nouns Tags: feminine, morpheme Related terms: -ant, -ence
    Sense id: en--ance-fr-suffix-1~KL0hUn Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries

Suffix [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|suffix}} -ance
  1. Alternative form of -aunce Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: -aunce
    Sense id: en--ance-enm-suffix-dlSK0EhQ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries

Suffix [Middle French]

Head templates: {{head|frm|suffix}} -ance
  1. -ance (suffixed used to form nouns) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ance-frm-suffix-IzoOdIMx Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries

Suffix [Old French]

IPA: /ˈãn.t͡sə/
Etymology: Inherited from Latin -antia(m), -entia(m). Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|la|-antia|-antia(m)}} Latin -antia(m) Head templates: {{head|fro|suffix}} -ance
  1. -ance (suffixed used to form nouns) Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -anche, -aunce Related terms: -ant
    Sense id: en--ance-fro-suffix-IzoOdIMx Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries

Suffix [Scots]

IPA: /əns/
Etymology: From Middle English -aunce, from Anglo-Norman -aunce and continental Old French -ance, from Latin -antia, -entia. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|-aunce}} Middle English -aunce, {{der|sco|xno|-aunce}} Anglo-Norman -aunce, {{der|sco|fro|-ance}} Old French -ance, {{der|sco|la|-antia}} Latin -antia Head templates: {{head|sco|suffix}} -ance
  1. Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -ence
    Sense id: en--ance-sco-suffix-vzEEPIFS Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header

Suffix [Serbo-Croatian]

Forms: -анце [Cyrillic]
Head templates: {{sh-suffix}} -ance (Cyrillic spelling -анце)
  1. Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually to form a diminutive or as an expression of endearment, or to denote an object. Tags: morpheme Related terms: -ce, -ence
    Sense id: en--ance-sh-suffix-5sGagdJ- Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "a state",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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}

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