English Dictionary

-ery

IPA（発音記号）

/-əɹi/

接尾辞

形態素

Added to occupational etc. nouns to form other nouns meaning the "art, craft, or practice of." / Added to verbs to form nouns meaning "place of" (an art, craft, or practice).

日本語の意味

職業やその他の名詞に付け加え、～の技術、工芸、実践、または芸術を意味する名詞を形成する / 動詞に付け加え、～の行われる場所を意味する名詞を形成する

Linguistics students studied the suffix -ery to understand how it forms nouns meaning the art, craft, or practice of an occupation.

言語学の学生たちは、職業などを表す名詞を作る「〜の技術・術・職業」を意味する接尾辞を研究した。

意味（1）

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

midwife + -ery → midwifery

意味（2）

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

bake + -ery → bakery

意味（3）

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

crock + -ery → crockery

意味（4）

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

snob + -ery → snobbery