-ce
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"
EnglishEdit
SuffixEdit
-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 […] , 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]:
AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
SuffixEdit
-ce m anim (noun-forming suffix)
SuffixEdit
-ce f (noun-forming suffix)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- -ce in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Khumi ChinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (Khimi Chin) -che
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ce
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[3], Payap University
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Italic *-ke, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here”).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-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 termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “-ce” on page 291/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
SuffixEdit
-ce
Middle EnglishEdit
SuffixEdit
-ce
- Alternative form of -yssh
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *-ьce.
SuffixEdit
-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 alsoEdit
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـجه (-ce).
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
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
- 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.