"-ance" meaning in English

See -ance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-əns/ Forms: -ence [alternative], ⠨⠑ [alternative]
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 using catfix, 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 using catfix: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 75 25 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: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 75 25 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
Related terms: -ency
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          "sense": "a state",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "a state",
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          "sense": "a state",
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          "sense": "a state",
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