1.
suffix forming nouns:
1. an action done (blockade; tirade).
2 the body concerned in an action or process (cavalcade).
3 the product or result of a material or action (arcade; lemonade; masquerade).
Etymology: from or after F -ade f. Prov., Sp., or Port. - ada or It. - ata f. L - ata fem. sing. past part. of verbs in - are 2.
suffix forming nouns (decade) ( cf. -AD(1)).
Etymology: F -ade f. Gk -as -ada 3.
suffix forming nouns:
1. -ADE(1) (brocade).
2 a person concerned (renegade).
Etymology: Sp. or Port. -ado, masc. form of -ada: see -ADE(1)