-ery

See also: e'ry

English

Alternative forms

-ry

Etymology

From Middle English -erie, from Anglo-Norman and Old French -erie, a suffix forming abstract nouns.

The suffix first occurs in loans from Old French into Middle English, but becomes productive within English by the 16th century, in some instances properly a combination of -er with -y as in bakery, brewery, but also as a single suffix in terms like slavery, machinery.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-əɹi/

Suffix

-ery

Art, craft or practice.
midwifery; cookery; ironmongery
Place of art, craft or practice.
bakery; distillery; joinery
Organisation or movement.
Freemasonry, Rodnovery
Class or group, collection of.
hosiery; shrubbery
Characteristic of.
snobbery; tomfoolery

Synonyms

(activity): -ing
(collection): -age, -ing

Derived terms

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Translations

art, craft or practice

Hungarian: -ászat, -észet

place of art, craft or practice

Hungarian: -da, -de

organisation or movement

Hungarian: -ság (hu), -ség (hu)

class or group, collection of

Hungarian: -s, -os (hu), -as (hu), -es, -ös

characteristic of

Hungarian: -ság (hu), -ség (hu), -askodás, -eskedés, -ösködés, -skodás, -skedés, -sködés

Anagrams

-yer, Rey, Rye, Yer, rye, yer, yre

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