-ancy

English

Etymology

From Latin -antia, -entia, with influence from French -ance, French -ancie, Spanish -ancia, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ənsi/

Suffix

-ancy

1. Added to verbs and adjectives to form nouns conveying a condition or quality associated with the verb.

   ‎account + ‎-ancy → ‎accountancy

   ‎ascend + ‎-ancy → ‎ascendancy

   ‎expect + ‎-ancy → ‎expectancy

Usage notes

May be thought of as -ant + -cy.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ancy

accountancy

ascendancy

attractancy

benignancy

brilliancy

buoyancy

colluctancy

compliancy

conservancy

consultancy

conversancy

dependancy

descendancy

dilatancy

expectancy

inhabitancy

joyancy

luxuriancy

malignancy

significancy

stimulancy

Translations

a condition or quality

French: -ance (fr), -ancie Portuguese: -ância (pt) f

See also

• -ance

Anagrams

• cany, cyan, cyan-