Suffixes Part I

SUFFIXE	Suffixes MEANING	SAMPLE WORDS
- ade	result, product,	orangeade, lemonade, limeade, marmalade
	substance made
- ade	process, action	parade, blockade, escapade, promenade
-ae	Latin feminine	alumnae, formulae, algae, larvae
	plural
-age	place of	orphanage, parsonage, anchorage, frontage
-age	action, process	ravage, pillage, marriage, pilgrimage
-al	relating to	veteran, American, Anglican, European
-an	relating to	veteran, American, Anglican, European
-ante	state of	resistance, avoidance, importance, exuberance
-ancy	state of	vacancy, truancy, occupancy, ascendancy
-and,-end	to be done	multiplicand, addend, dividend, subtrahend
-ant	state of, condition of	defiant, radiant, vacant, buoyant
-ant, -ent	person who	immigrant, emigrant, assistant, resident
-arian	person who, place	grammarian, librarian, humanitarian, libertarian
	where, object which
-ary	person who, place	secretary, sanctuary, dictionary, infirmary
	where, object which
-ary	characterized by,	literary, military, reactionary, secondary
	relating to
-ate	to make, cause to be	annihilate, liberate, radiate, venerate
-ation	process, action	narration, continuation, visitation, computation
-ation	state of, quality of,	occupation, moderation, decoration, refrigeration
	result of
-atory	process, action	oratory, reformatory, laboratory, conservatory
	place, where
-cule	small	minuscule, molecule, animalcule, pedicule
-dom	state of	freedom, martyrdom, wisdom, boredom
-ectomy	surgical removal	tonsillectomy, gastrectomy, appendectomy, hysterectomy
-en	to make	lengthen, shorten, weaken, strengthen
-ence	state, quality, condition of          dependence, confidence, competence, absence
-ency	quality of, state of	potency, despondency, clemency, frequency