-rice

See also: rice, RICE, Rice, and ricé

Dutch

Suffix

-rice

1. female form of -eur

Dutch terms suffixed with -rice

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French

Suffix

-rice

1. female equivalent of -eur

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -rice

Related terms

• -srice
• -trice

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Middle English

Suffix

-rice

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of -riche

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Old English

Alternative forms

• -rȳċe – rare

Etymology

From rīċe (“dominion, realm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌriː.t͡ʃe/

Suffix

-rīċe

1. (combining form) suffix appended to nouns to indicate office, ownership, guardianship, governance or dominion, equivalent to English -dom

   bisċoprīċe ― a bishopric; the diocese of a bishop

Declension

Declension of -rice (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	-rīċe	-rīċu
accusative	-rīċe	-rīċu
genitive	-rīċes	-rīċa
dative	-rīċe	-rīċum

Derived terms

Old English terms suffixed with -rice

Descendants

• Middle English: -riche, -reche, -reiche, -ric, -rik, -rike, -rych, -ryche, -ryke; -rice
  • English: -ric (obsolete -rick)
  • Scots: -ric, -rick, -rik