-ade

¹

1. a suffix found in nouns denoting action or process or a person or persons acting, appearing in loanwords from French and sometimes from Spanish (cannonade; fusillade; renegade ), but also attached to native stems: blockade; escapade; masquerade .

2. a noun suffix indicating a drink made of a particular fruit, normally a citrus: lemonade .

-ade

²

1. a collective suffix like -ad: decade .

Ade

³

[eyd]

noun

1. George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.

-ade

suffix

1. a sweetened drink made of various fruits

   lemonade

   limeade

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ade¹

< French < Provençal, Spanish, or Upper Italian -ada < Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus -ate ¹; or < Spanish -ado < Latin -ātus -ate ¹

Origin of -ade²

< French < Greek; ad ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ade¹

from French, from Latin -āta made of, feminine past participle of verbs ending in -āre

Example Sentences

Emma and Ade Cartlich are the owners of dog chaperone service Precious Pets Weddings.

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Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan warned that officers would be ready to arrest anyone showing support for Palestine Action and urged people to "consider the seriousness of that outcome."

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Daniel Dubois tells BBC Sport's Ade Adedoyin that he has "resurrected" his career and feels "unstoppable" going into his undisputed heavyweight world title fight against Oleksandr Usyk at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

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Mayall went on to star in the political satire The New Statesman, as the Thatcherite MP Alan B'stard, and as perennial loser Richard Richard in Bottom, which he created and wrote with another university friend, Ade Edmondson.

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Councillor Ade Adeyemo, the leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Solihull Council, said Birmingham had experienced so much disruption during the strike that Labour would see repercussions at the next local election.

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