-ência

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === -ância === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin -entia. Doublet of -ença. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ === Suffix === -ência f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ências) forms nouns, from verbs, indicating a state or condition; -ence Synonym: -ença ==== Usage notes ==== This suffix is generally appended to 2nd- and 3rd-conjugation verb stems. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ência”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026