-ADE

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). [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]