-ade

¹

1. a suffix found in nouns denoting action or process or a person or persons acting, appearing in loanwords from French and sometimes from Spanish ( cannonade; fusillade; renegade ), but also attached to native stems: blockade; escapade; masquerade .
2. a noun suffix indicating a drink made of a particular fruit, normally a citrus: lemonade .

-ade

²

1. a collective suffix like -ad ¹: decade .

Ade

³

[ eyd ]

noun

1. George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.

-ade

suffix forming nouns

1. a sweetened drink made of various fruits

   lemonade

   limeade

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ade¹

< French < Provençal, Spanish, or Upper Italian -ada < Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus -ate ¹; or < Spanish -ado < Latin -ātus -ate ¹

Origin of -ade²

< French < Greek; ad ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ade¹

from French, from Latin -āta made of, feminine past participle of verbs ending in -āre

Example Sentences

George Ade, the "funny man," is independent financially from the royalties paid him on his copyrights.

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I do nod know any nah-ice gondolier—zey are oal—I dell you, if you lif viz zem ade mons as me, you cot your troat—yes!

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The captions of the George Ade fables are uniformly good, and there are other notable exceptions.

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As Lem stepped out into the other room, the caller-out was shouting, "Promen-ade all—you know where!"

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It is sometimes called Ade-gygdal-mgy-i, the time "when the leaves are red."

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