"-ence" meaning in English

See -ence in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Middle English -ence, from Old French -ence, from Latin -entia. Compare Old English -ende, -endu (“-ing, -ence”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-ence}} Middle English -ence, {{der|en|fro|-ence}} Old French -ence, {{der|en|la|-entia}} Latin -entia, {{cog|ang|-ende}} Old English -ende, {{m|ang|-endu|t=-ing, -ence}} -endu (“-ing, -ence”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ence, {{en-suffix}} -ence
  1. (chiefly non-productive) Same as -ance; having the state or condition of. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -ance [synonym, synonym-of], -ance, ⠰⠑ Translations (same as -ance; having the state or condition of): -ensie (Afrikaans), -encë (Albanian), -encia (Asturian), -э́нцыя (-éncyja) (Belarusian), -е́нция (-éncija) (Bulgarian), -ència (Catalan), -ença (Catalan), -ence (Czech), -ens (Danish), -entie (Dutch), -enssi (Finnish), -ence (French), -ance (French), -encia (Galician), -enz (German), -ság (Hungarian), -ség (Hungarian), -at (Hungarian), -et (Hungarian), -alom (Hungarian), -elem (Hungarian), -encia (Hungarian), -ensi (Indonesian), -enza (Italian), -anza (Italian), -entia (Latin), -ensi (Malay), -ens (Malay), ke--an (Malay), -ens (Norwegian Bokmål), -ens (Norwegian Nynorsk), -éncia (Occitan), -encja (Polish), -ença (Portuguese), -ência (Portuguese), -ință (Romanian), -ență (Romanian), -е́нция (-éncija) (Russian), -encia (Slovak), -enca (Slovene), -encia (Spanish), -enza (Spanish), -ens (Swedish), -е́нція (-éncija) (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "same as -ance; having the state or condition of",
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      "sense": "same as -ance; having the state or condition of",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "same as -ance; having the state or condition of",
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-éncija",
      "sense": "same as -ance; having the state or condition of",
      "word": "-е́нція"
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