-ance
noun suffix
1
: action or process
furtherance
: instance of an action or process performance
2
: quality or state : instance of a quality or state
protuberance
3
: amount or degree
conductance
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin -antia, from -ant-, -ans -ant + -ia -y
Kids Definition
-ance
noun suffix
əns
1
: action or process
performance
2
: quality or state
resemblance
3
: amount or degree
clearance
- mercurializations
- mercurialized
- mercurializes
- mercurializing
- mercurially
- mercurialness
- mercurialnesses
- mercurials
- mercurian
- mercuriate
- mercuric
- mercuric chloride
- mercuric sulfide
- mercuride
- mercuries
- mercurise
- mercurised
- mercurises
- mercurising
- mercurize
- mercurized
- mercurizes
- mercurizing
- mercuro-
- Mercurochrome