Ade

[ eyd ]

/ eɪd /

noun

George,1866–1944, U.S. humorist.

Definition for ade (2 of 3)

-ade

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.

a noun suffix indicating a drink made of a particular fruit, normally a citrus: lemonade.

Origin of -ade

< French < Provençal, Spanish, or Upper Italian -ada < Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus -ate¹; or < Spanish -ado < Latin -ātus -ate¹

Definition for ade (3 of 3)

-ade

a collective suffix like -ad¹: decade.

Origin of -ade

< French < Greek; see ad¹

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Examples from the Web for ade

Keep single, Katerlein, as long as you can: as long as you can hold out, keep single: 'ade!''
Vittoria, Complete|George Meredith
In dot house leef an oldt lady all mit herself and ade sairvans.
Puppets at Large|F. Anstey
Ade suddenly became sad and pensive as she never had been in times past.
Witch Stories|E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
Horace was a pretty big boy when papa and mamma were married; wasn't he, Ade?
Mildred at Roselands|Martha Finley

It is related that the actress, who was probably as excited as Ade, answered, "What's the difference?"
The Fiction Factory|John Milton Edwards

British Dictionary definitions for ade

-ade

suffix forming nouns

a sweetened drink made of various fruitslemonade; limeade

Word Origin for -ade

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

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