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1Forming nouns denoting an action that is completed.
‘barricade’‘blockade’2Forming nouns denoting the body concerned in an action or process.
‘brigade’‘cavalcade’3Forming nouns denoting the product or result of an action or process.
‘arcade’‘marmalade’
Origin
From French, via Portuguese, Provençal, and Spanish -ada or via Italian -ata, from Latin -atus (past participial suffix of verbs ending in -are).
Pronunciation
-ade
/eɪd/suffix
Forming nouns such as decade.
Origin
Variant of -ad, from French -ade, from Greek -as, -ad-.
Pronunciation
-ade
/eɪd/suffix
2Forming nouns denoting a person.
‘renegade’
Origin
From Spanish or Portuguese -ado, masculine form of -ada (see -ade).
Pronunciation
-ade
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