"-ence" meaning in French

See -ence in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ɑ̃s/ Forms: -ences [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -entia. Compare Italian -enza, Portuguese -ença, -ência, Romanian -ință, -ență, Spanish -enza, -encia. Doublet of -ance, which is inherited. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:bor|la:-entia}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "-ios", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-entia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-ence", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="-ence">, {{bor+|fr|la|-entia}} Borrowed from Latin -entia, {{cog|it|-enza}} Italian -enza, {{cog|pt|-ença}} Portuguese -ença, {{cog|ro|-ință}} Romanian -ință, {{cog|es|-enza}} Spanish -enza, {{doublet|fr|-ance}} Doublet of -ance Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} -ence f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ences)
  1. -ence, -ance Tags: feminine, morpheme

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -ence meaning in French (5.5kB)

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