| a plural ending of nouns borrowed from Greek and Latin: phenomena; criteria; data; errata; genera. |
| a feminine singular ending of nouns borrowed from Latin and Greek, also used in Neo-Latin coinages to Latinize bases of any origin, and as a Latin substitute for the feminine ending -ē of Greek words: anabaena; cinchona; pachysandra. |
| an ending of personal names forming feminines from masculines: Georgia; Roberta. |
| a suffix designating the oxide of the chemical element denoted by the stem: alumina; ceria; thoria. |
