-ades

a suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek, the plural of -ad¹: Hyades; Pleiades.

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Nearby words

-acity, -acy, -ad, -ade, -adelphous, -ades, -ado, -ae, -aea, -aean, -aemia

Origin of -ades

< Greek -ades. See -ad¹

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