"-ance" meaning in English

See -ance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

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, {{m|enm|-ance}} -ance, {{der|en|xno|-aunce}} Anglo-Norman -aunce, {{der|en|fro|-ance}} Old French -ance, {{der|en|la|-antia}} Latin -antia, {{m|la|-entia}} -entia 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), -anza (Spanish), -ancia [feminine] (Spanish), -ans [common-gender] (Swedish), -ansa [feminine] (Venetian)
    Sense id: en--ance-en-suffix-m58P2wtH Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 70 30 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

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