Ade

[eyd]

noun

George,1866–1944, U.S. humorist.

-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

-ade

a collective suffix like -ad¹: decade.

Origin of -ade

< French < Greek; see ad¹

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Examples from the Web for ade

Historical Examples of ade

Keep single, Katerlein, as long as you can: as long as you can hold out, keep single: 'ade!''
Vittoria, Complete
George Meredith
I feel,” said Mr. Ade promptly, “like a lion in a den of Daniels.
Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers, Vol. I
Various
Mr. Ade's Artie is a Chicago clerk, and his dialect is of the most delectable.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections
William Archer
In dot house leef an oldt lady all mit herself and ade sairvans.
Puppets at Large
F. Anstey
There, in spite of her boasted emancipation from childhood, she dropped a courtesy and left them, crying “Ade!”
The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted
Katharine Ellis Barrett

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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Word Origin and History for ade

-ade

word-forming element denoting an action or product of an action, from Latin -ata (source of French -ade, Spanish -ada, Italian -ata), fem. pp. ending used in forming nouns. A living prefix in French, from which many words have come into English (e.g. lemonade). Latin -atus, pp. suffix of verbs of the 1st conjugation also became -ade in French (Spanish -ado, Italian -ato) and came to be used as a suffix denoting persons or groups participating in an action (e.g. brigade, desperado).