-ade1
¦ suffix forming nouns:
1. denoting an action that is completed: blockade.
2. denoting the body concerned in an action or process: brigade.
3. denoting the product or result of an action or process: arcade.
Origin
from Fr., via Port., Provencal, and Sp. -ada or via Ital. -ata, from L. -atus (past participial suffix of verbs ending in -are).
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-ade2
¦ suffix forming nouns such as decade.
Origin
var. of
-ad1, from Fr.
-ade, from Gk
-as,
-ad-.
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-ade3
¦ suffix forming nouns:
1. equivalent in sense to nouns ending in
-ade1:
brocade.
2. denoting a person: renegade.
Origin
from Sp. or Port.
-ado, masculine form of
-ada (see
-ade1).