-acy

See also: acy, ACY, and -ący

English

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Latin -ācia or ultimately derived from Latin -ātia.

Pronunciation

• enPR: -ə-sē
• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /-ə.siː/
• (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /-ə.si/
• (India) IPA^(key): /-a.siː/

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• Hyphenation: -a‧cy

Suffix

-acy

1. Denoting quality, state, condition.

   ‎prim(e) + ‎-acy → ‎primacy (Medieval Latin prīmātia)

   ‎advocate + ‎-acy → ‎advocacy (Medieval Latin advocātia)

   ‎Latin fallō + ‎-acy → ‎fallacy (Latin fallācia)

   ‎Medieval Latin pīrāta + ‎-acy → ‎piracy (Medieval Latin pīrātia)

   ‎Latin accūrātus + ‎-acy → ‎accuracy

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -acy

acritochromacy

advocacy

curacy

delicacy

determinacy

effeminacy

efficacy

fallacy

idiomacy

idiotacy

illegitimacy

intestacy

intricacy

leucophlegmacy

magistracy

numeracy

pentachromacy

primacy

prioracy

profligacy

prolificacy

supernumeracy

supremacy

testacy

tetrachromacy

Anagrams

• YAC, cay, cya, CYA

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.t͡sɘ/
• Rhymes: -at͡sɘ
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Suffix

-acy

1. nominative/vocative plural of -ak