-ery

See also: e'ry

English

Alternative forms

• -ry

Etymology

From Middle English -erie, from Anglo-Norman and Old French -erie, which is inherited from Latin -arius and Latin -ator. 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

1. Art, craft or practice.

   midwifery; cookery; ironmongery

2. Place of art, craft or practice.

   bakery; distillery; joinery

3. Organisation or movement.

   Freemasonry, Rodnovery

4. Class or group, collection of.

   hosiery; shrubbery

5. Behavior characteristic of.

   snobbery; tomfoolery

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ery

Translations

art, craft or practice

• Hungarian: -ászat/-észet, -ság (hu)/-ség (hu), -ás (hu)/-és (hu)
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place of art, craft or practice

• Catalan: -eria (ca) f
• Hungarian: -da/-de, -ság (hu)/-ség (hu)
• Italian: -eria f
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• Portuguese: -aria (pt) f
• Spanish: -ería (es) f

organisation or movement

• Hungarian: -ság (hu)/-ség (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

class or group, collection of

• Hungarian: -s, -os (hu), -as (hu), -es, -ös, -áru (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

characteristic of

• Hungarian: -ság (hu)/-ség (hu), -askodás/-eskedés/-ösködés/-skodás/-skedés/-sködés
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• Category:English words suffixed with -ry

Anagrams

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