EnglishEdit

SuffixEdit

-ce

  1. (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.

AnagramsEdit

CzechEdit

SuffixEdit

-ce m anim (noun-forming suffix)

  1. -or, -er
    vládnout + ‎-ce → ‎vládce

SuffixEdit

-ce f (noun-forming suffix)

  1. -tion
    Latin gradātiōgradace

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • -ce in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Khumi ChinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

SuffixEdit

-ce

  1. Used to form plurals of personal pronouns.
    kai (I) + ‎-ce → ‎kaice (we)

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)

  1. affixed, usually to demonstratives, forming deixes
    ce- + -docedo
    ec- + -ceecce
    hi- + -chic
    ille + -cillic
    tum + -ctunc
  2. (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.
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ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

SuffixEdit

-ce

  1. vocative masculine singular of -cus

Middle EnglishEdit

SuffixEdit

-ce

  1. Alternative form of -yssh

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *-ьce.

SuffixEdit

-ce (Cyrillic spelling -це)

  1. 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
A / I / O / U E / İ / Ö / Ü
default -ca -ce
assimilated -ça -çe

-ce

  1. like, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the way of
  2. Used to form adverbs from nouns and adjectives.
    gizli (secret) + ‎-ce → ‎gizlice (secretly)
  3. -ish: Used to form glossonyms from demonyms or ethnonyms.
    İngiliz (English) + ‎-ce → ‎İngilizce (English language) (literally "like an English person")
  4. -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 termsEdit