| -ence or -ency | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| indicating an action, state, condition, or quality: benevolence; residence; patience | |
| [via Old French from Latin -entia, from -ēns, present participial ending] | |
| -ency or -ency | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| [via Old French from Latin -entia, from -ēns, present participial ending] | |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| -ency | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| a variant of -ence : fluency; permanency | |