-ery

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /-əɹi/

Suffix

1. Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning the "art, craft, or practice of."

   midwife + -ery → midwifery

   cook + -ery → cookery

2. Added to verbs to form nouns meaning "place of" (an art, craft, or practice).

   bake + -ery → bakery

   distill + -ery → distillery

   join + -ery → joinery

3. Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "a class, group, or collection of."

   hose + -ery → hosiery

   shrub + -ery → shrubbery

4. Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "behavior characteristic of."

   snob + -ery → snobbery

   tomfool + -ery → tomfoolery

Synonyms

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

Translations

• Italian: -eria
• Portuguese: -aria
• Spanish: -ería

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