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接尾辞 -ance
解説 Definition
英語の接尾辞で、名詞や動詞に付加されて状態や性質を示す形態素です。「importance」や「guidance」などの単語に見られる言語単位です。
A noun-forming suffix used in words that denote an action, process, state, or quality, often after a verb or adjective base. It appears in nouns such as resistance, attendance, importance, and guidance and is conventionally written as “-ance.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
通常は単独語 ance ではなく、ハイフン付きの接尾辞 -ance として捉える。important→importance、resist→resistance、guide→guidance のように、動作・状態・性質を表す名詞を作る。語によって -ence になるため、発音だけで綴りを決めず単語単位で覚える。
Treat ance as the suffix -ance, not as an independent everyday word. It often turns a verb or adjective idea into a noun naming an action, condition, or quality: resist becomes resistance, attend becomes attendance, and important becomes importance. Guidance also shows that the spelling of the base may change before the suffix is added. Compare -ance with the related ending -ence; their pronunciations are often similar, so sound alone does not reliably predict the spelling. Learn each derived noun together with its base word.
例文
The suffix '-ance' in English words indicates a state or quality.
英語の単語の接尾辞「-ance」は状態または特性を示します。
Words ending in '-ance' are often nouns derived from verbs.
「-ance」で終わる単語は、動詞から派生した名詞であることが多いです。
The '-ance' suffix appears in words like 'importance' and 'resistance'.
「-ance」接尾辞は「importance」や「resistance」などの単語に現れます。
ance の類義語・関連語
ance の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語の名詞形成接尾辞 -antia（状態・性質）がフランス語 -ance を経て英語に入った。動詞や形容詞に付いて抽象名詞を作る。関連語：resistance（抵抗）、importance（重要性）。英語の多くの抽象名詞がこの接尾辞で成り立っている。
English -ance came through Old French -ance from Latin -antia, a noun-forming ending expressing an action, condition, or quality. It is found in many words inherited or adapted through French and Latin. The related English suffix -ence has a similar history and function, and the choice between them reflects the history and spelling of individual words rather than a simple modern pronunciation rule. Examples include importance, resistance, and guidance.
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