Go to MSN Homeencarta®
HomeEncyclopediaDictionariesWorld AtlasStudy CentreQuizzesMore
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
y’all
y-axis
Y chromosome
Y-fronts
Y-level
Y2K
Y2K-compliant
YA
ya-boo
yaar
yabber
yabby
YAC
yacht
yachtie
yachting
yachtsman
Click to move down the list of words
Print Preview
See pronunciation key
Search for "-y" in all of MSN Encarta
E-mail this entry
Download the MSN Encarta Right-Click Dictionary

-y (2)
-y


suffix 
Definition:
 
1. a condition, state, or quality
infamy
2. an activity
chandlery
3. the place where an activity is carried on, or the result or product of an activity
colliery
laundry
4. a body or group
soldiery
[Via Old French -ie< Latin -ia]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [World English Edition] © & (P)2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement

Also on Encarta
• Great Writing By Great Writers
• The Latest Top 10 Lists
• Encarta's Famous Quizzes
Also on MSN
• Entertainment on MSN: Top Movies
• MSN Careers: Job Hunting Made Easy
• Today's News on MSN
Encarta Message Boards (© Rubberball/Jupiterimages)
Encarta RSS Feeds
© 2008 Microsoft