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-ance

suffix
/-əns/

Etymology

From Middle English -aunce, -ance, from Anglo-Norman -aunce and continental Old French -ance, from Latin -ant-, -ent- + -ia, from stem of Latin -āns, -ēns.

  1. derived from -āns
  2. derived from -ance
  3. derived from -aunce
  4. inherited from -aunce

Definitions

  1. Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun indicating a state or condition, such as…

    Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun indicating a state or condition, such as result or capacity, associated with the verb.

    • ally + -ance → alliance
    • perform + -ance → performance
    • reluct + -ance → reluctance

  2. Added to a verb to form a noun indicating a process or action.

    • appear + -ance → appearance
    • resist + -ance → resistance

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -ance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA