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English
Suffix
-ce
- (after 1, 2, or 3) Times: used to form a multiplicative numeral from a cardinal numeral.
- 1809, abridgement of, 1758, Rob. Whytt, "On the Remarkable Effects of Blisters in Lessening the Quickness of the Pulse in Coughs, attended with Infarction of the Lungs and Fever" (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, volume fifty, page 569), in, Charles Hutton, George Shaw, and Richard Pearson, The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Abridged, volume eleven, page 222 :
- Her stomach being extremely delicate, he scarcely ordered any medicines for her all this time, except a cordial julep, with spir. volat. oleos. tinct. of rhubarb as a laxative, and a julep of aqu. rosar. acet. alb. and syr. bals. of which last she took 2 table spoonfuls 2ce or 3ce a day in ¼ of a pint of lintseed tea.
- 1998 January 21, "LT" <elstazeelandnet.nl>, "Novell 32bit client for NT - have to log in 2ce???", message-ID <[email protected]>, comp.os.netware.connectivity, Usenet:
- Whenever a user tries to login , a second login box comes up and they have to log in twice, apparently once for Novell, and once for the NT domain.
- 2003 August 23, "Pinky" <[email protected]>, "Re: Plastic corks - UK", message-ID <[email protected]>, rec.crafts.winemaking, Usenet :
- What you need is a "synthetic" corks which are about 2ce or 3ce the price of cork "corks" and any good home brew shop will be able to supply.
Anagrams
Czech
Suffix
-ce m anim (noun-forming suffix)
- -or, -er
- vládnout + -ce → vládce
Suffix
-ce f (noun-forming suffix)
- -tion
- Latin gradātiō → gradace
Derived terms
Further reading
- -ce in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Khumi Chin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ce
- Used to form plurals of personal pronouns.
- kai (“I”) + -ce → kaice (“we”)
Derived terms
References
- K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin, Payap University
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *-ke, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ce (particle)
- affixed, usually to demonstratives, forming deixes
- ce- + -do → cedo
- ec- + -ce → ecce
- hi- + -c → hic
- ille + -c → illic
- tum + -c → tunc
- (Old Latin) suffixed to demonstratives hic, iste and ille for emphasis.
- hic + -ce → hice
234 BCE – 149 BCE,
Cato the Elder,
De Agri Cultura 141.1:
- mando tibi, Mani, uti illace suovitaurilia fundum agrum terramque meam uti cures lustrare.
- I offer to you, Manius, this suovetaurilia so that you will care to purify the ground, the field and my land.
Derived terms
References
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Suffix
-ce
- vocative masculine singular of -cus
Middle English
Suffix
-ce
- Alternative form of -yssh
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.
Suffix
-ce n (masculine -ec, feminine -ca)
- forms neuter nouns
- miasto + -ce → miejsce
- śród + -ce → serce
- Proto-Slavic *sъlnь + -ce → słońce
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.
Suffix
-ce (Cyrillic spelling -це)
- Appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually to form a diminutive or as an expression of endearment, or to denote an object.
See also
Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـجه (-ce), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *-če (orientative–prolative suffix).
Pronunciation
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-ce
- like, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the way of
Bence bu iyi bir fikir değil...- In my opinion, this isn't a good idea.
- (literally, “In my way (of being”)
- Used to form adverbs from nouns and adjectives.
- gizli (“secret”) + -ce → gizlice (“secretly”)
- -ish: Used to form glossonyms from demonyms or ethnonyms.
- İngiliz (“English”) + -ce → İngilizce (“English language”, literally “like an English person”)
- -ian, -ese: Used to form glossonyms from the name of a country or region.
- Çin (“China”) + -ce → Çince (“Chinese language”, literally “in the way of China”)
Derived terms