Ade
- George,1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
-ade
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.
- a noun suffix indicating a drink made of a particular fruit, normally a citrus: lemonade.
Origin of -ade
1-ade
2- a collective suffix like -ad1: decade.
Origin of -ade
2Examples 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, CompleteGeorge Meredith
I feel,” said Mr. Ade promptly, “like a lion in a den of Daniels.
Mr. Ade's Artie is a Chicago clerk, and his dialect is of the most delectable.
America To-day, Observations and ReflectionsWilliam Archer
In dot house leef an oldt lady all mit herself and ade sairvans.
Puppets at LargeF. Anstey
There, in spite of her boasted emancipation from childhood, she dropped a courtesy and left them, crying “Ade!”
The Wide Awake Girls in WinstedKatharine Ellis Barrett
-ade
- a sweetened drink made of various fruitslemonade; limeade
Word Origin for -ade
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).