-acy

See also: acy, ACY, and -ący

English

Etymology

From Latin -ācia or ultimately Latin -ātia. Also a suffixal construction from -ate +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

• enPR: -ə-sē
• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /-ə.siː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /-ə.si/
• (India) IPA^(key): /-a.siː/
• Hyphenation: -a‧cy

Suffix

-acy

1. Denoting quality, state, condition.

   ‎prime + ‎-acy → ‎primacy

   ‎advocate + ‎-acy → ‎advocacy

   ‎conspire + ‎-acy → ‎conspiracy

   ‎supreme + ‎-acy → ‎supremacy

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -acy

acritochromacy

conspiracy

consulacy

efficacy

fallacy

idiomacy

idiotacy

immaculacy

leucophlegmacy

maculacy

pentachromacy

primacy

prioracy

profligacy

prolificacy

supernumeracy

supremacy

tetrachromacy

References

• “-acy”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “-acy”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “-acy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• YAC, cay, cya, CYA

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.t͡sɘ/
• Rhymes: -at͡sɘ
• Syllabification: -a‧cy

Suffix

-acy

1. nominative/vocative plural of -ak