-ence
/(ə)ns/suffix
Forming nouns:
1Denoting a quality or an instance of it: impertinence
2Denoting an action or its result: reference reminiscence
Origin
From French -ence, from Latin -entia, -antia (from present participial stems -ent-, -ant-). Since the 16th century many inconsistencies have occurred in the use of -ence and -ance.
- 'liverance
- liver-brown
- liver chestnut
- liver complaint
- liverd
- livered
- live register
- liver fluke
- liver-grown
- liver-hearted
- liveried
- livering
- liverish
- liverishly
- liverishness
- liverleaf
- liverless
- liver line
- liver-lipped
- liver lips
- liver money
- liver mush
- liver of antimony
- liver of sulfur
- liver of sulphur