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Webster 1913 Edition

-ence

-ence

.
[F.
-ence
, L.
-entia
.]
A noun suffix signifying
action
,
state
, or
quality
; also,
that which relates to
the action or state; as in emerg
ence
, diffid
ence
, dilig
ence
, influ
ence
, differ
ence
, excell
ence
. See
-ance
.

Definition 2024

-ence

-ence

See also: ence

English

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ence

  1. (non-productive) Same as -ance; having the state or condition of.
    dependence

Translations

-ance

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_suffixed_with_-ence'>English words suffixed with -ence</a>

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -entia. Compare Italian -enza, Portuguese -ença, -ência, Romanian -ință, -ență, Spanish -enza, -encia. Cognate to French -ance, which is inherited from Latin, while -ence is borrowed.

Suffix

-ence

  1. -ence, -ance

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:French_words_suffixed_with_-ence'>French words suffixed with -ence</a>

Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ence ‎(Cyrillic spelling -енце)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually to form a diminutive or as an expression of endearment, or to denote an object.

See also

Etymology

From Middle English -ence, from Old French -ence, from Latin -entia.

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