-ce
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"
English edit
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-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 [1]:
- 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. [illegible] 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" <elsta zeelandnet.nl>, "Novell 32bit client for NT - have to log in 2ce???", message-ID <34C5C8D6.7927D6B@zeelandnet.nl>, comp.os.netware.connectivity, Usenet:
- Whenever a user tries to login[sic] […] , 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" [Trevor A Panther] <tapan@SPAMLESSblueyonder.co.uk>, "Re: Plastic corks - UK", message-ID <Ziy1b.2042$O62.16624775@news-text.cableinet.net>, rec.crafts.winemaking, Usenet [2]:
- 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.
- 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 [1]:
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Suffix edit
-ce m anim (noun-forming suffix)
Suffix edit
-ce f (noun-forming suffix)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- -ce in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Khumi Chin edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Khimi Chin) -che
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ce
Derived terms edit
References edit
- K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[3], Payap University
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Italic *-ke, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
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-ce (particle)
- affixed, usually to demonstratives, forming deixes
- (Old Latin) suffixed to demonstratives hic, iste and ille for emphasis.
- 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.
- […] mando tibi, Mani, uti illace suovitaurilia fundum agrum terramque meam […] uti cures lustrare.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “-ce” on page 291/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Suffix edit
-ce
Middle English edit
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-ce
- Alternative form of -yssh
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.
Suffix edit
-ce n (masculine -ec, feminine -ca)
- forms neuter nouns
Declension edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьce.
Suffix edit
-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 edit
Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـجه (-ce), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *-če (orientative–prolative suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
preceding vowel | ||
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A / I / O / U | E / İ / Ö / Ü | |
default | -ca | -ce |
assimilated | -ça | -çe |
-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.
- -ish: Used to form glossonyms from demonyms or ethnonyms.
- -ian, -ese: Used to form glossonyms from the name of a country or region.