"-ory" meaning in English

See -ory in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: * -or + -y * From Middle English -orie, from the Latin adjective suffix -tōrius. * From the Latin noun suffix -tōrium. Etymology templates: {{l|en|-or}} -or, {{l|en|-y}} -y, {{inh|en|enm|-orie}} Middle English -orie, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|-tōrius}} -tōrius, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|-tōrium}} -tōrium Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ory, {{en-suffix}} -ory
  1. of or pertaining to, serving for; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns but also verbs, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ory-en-suffix-oIfg5iP3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms with redundant sortkeys: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 60 40
  2. that which pertains to, or serves for; noun suffix appended to various words Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ory-en-suffix-RuqYRzNc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -al, -ar, -ary, -ese, -ic, -id, -ish, -like, -oid, -ous, -y

Download JSON data for -ory meaning in English (3.0kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-or"
      },
      "expansion": "-or",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-y"
      },
      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-orie"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -orie",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-tōrius"
      },
      "expansion": "-tōrius",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-tōrium"
      },
      "expansion": "-tōrium",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "* -or + -y\n* From Middle English -orie, from the Latin adjective suffix -tōrius.\n* From the Latin noun suffix -tōrium.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-ory",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-ory",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with raw sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "excrete and excretory, sense and sensory, statute and statutory."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of or pertaining to, serving for; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns but also verbs, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also"
      ],
      "id": "en--ory-en-suffix-oIfg5iP3",
      "links": [
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective"
        ],
        [
          "suffix",
          "suffix"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ambulatory, dormitory, factory"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that which pertains to, or serves for; noun suffix appended to various words"
      ],
      "id": "en--ory-en-suffix-RuqYRzNc",
      "links": [
        [
          "noun",
          "noun"
        ],
        [
          "suffix",
          "suffix"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-al"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-ar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-ary"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-ese"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-ic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-id"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-ish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-like"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-oid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-ous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-y"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ory"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English suffixes",
    "English terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with raw sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-or"
      },
      "expansion": "-or",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-y"
      },
      "expansion": "-y",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-orie"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -orie",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-tōrius"
      },
      "expansion": "-tōrius",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-tōrium"
      },
      "expansion": "-tōrium",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "* -or + -y\n* From Middle English -orie, from the Latin adjective suffix -tōrius.\n* From the Latin noun suffix -tōrium.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-ory",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-ory",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "excrete and excretory, sense and sensory, statute and statutory."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of or pertaining to, serving for; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns but also verbs, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective"
        ],
        [
          "suffix",
          "suffix"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ambulatory, dormitory, factory"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that which pertains to, or serves for; noun suffix appended to various words"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "noun",
          "noun"
        ],
        [
          "suffix",
          "suffix"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-al"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ar"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ary"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ese"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ic"
    },
    {
      "word": "-id"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ish"
    },
    {
      "word": "-like"
    },
    {
      "word": "-oid"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ous"
    },
    {
      "word": "-y"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ory"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.