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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-ancy, - a combination of -ance and -y, used to form nouns denoting state or quality: brilliant + -ancy → brilliancy.
See -ance. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-ancy, - a combination of -ance and -y, used to form nouns denoting state or quality:brilliancy.
- Latin -antia, equivalent. to -ant- -ant (-ā- thematic vowel + -nt- present participle suffix) + -ia -y3
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ancy suffix forming nouns - a variant of -ance, used to indicate condition or quality: expectancy, poignancy, malignancy
-ance, suffix. - -ance is attached to some adjectives ending in -ant to form nouns with the meaning "quality or state of'': brilliant + -ance → brilliance.
- -ance is also attached to some verb roots to form nouns: appear + -ance → appearance;
resemble + -ance → resemblance. See -ant, -ence.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-ance, - a suffix used to form nouns either from adjectives in -ant or from verbs:brilliance; appearance.
- Latin -antia -ancy, equivalent. to -ant- -ant + -ia -y3
- Old French
- Middle English
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ance, -ancy suffix forming nouns - indicating an action, state or condition, or quality: hindrance, tenancy, resemblance
Etymology: via Old French from Latin -antia; see -ancy |