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suffix
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).
suffix
Forming nouns such as decade.
Origin
Variant of -ad, from French -ade, from Greek -as, -ad-.
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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