-dade

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See also: dade, Dade, and dáde

Portuguese

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -dade, from Latin -tātem, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.

Pronunciation

 

Suffix

-dade f (noun-forming suffix, plural -dades)

  1. Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
  2. Used to form other nouns, especially abstract nouns.

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