-escence
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- State; process. Used to form nouns from adjectives in-escent  or verbs in -esce : 
 状态,过程:状态;过程。形容词+-esecnt 或者动词+ -esce 构成名词:
 fluorescence.
 萤光、萤光性
语源
- French 
 法语
- from Old French 
 源自 古法语
- from Latin -ēscentia 
 源自 拉丁语 -ēscentia
- from -ēscēns  -ēscent- [-escent] 
 源自 -ēscēns -ēscent- [构成形容词后缀]
-escence
Word Origin
1 
a suffix of nouns denoting action or process, change, state or condition, etc., and corresponding to verbs ending in -esce or adjectives ending in -escent: convalescence; luminescence.
Origin
< Latin -ēscentia. See -esce, -ence
Related Words
- calorescence
- fluorescence
- iridescence
- luminescence
- oblivescence
- recalescence
-escencea suffix of nouns denoting action or process, change, state, or condition, etc., and corresponding to verbs ending in -esce or adjectives ending in -escent, as in convalescence, deliquescence, luminescence, recrudescence.
[Latin -escentia. See -esce, -ence]-escence
noun suffix
obsolescence
noun suffix
 ETYMOLOGY  Middle French, from Latin -escentia, from -escent-, -escens + -ia -y
: state or process of becomingobsolescence
-escence
word-forming element meaning "process or state of being," from Latin -escentia, from -escentem (see -escent).
-escence
[Noun] state or process of becoming:
[Noun] state or process of becoming:
obsolescence, convalescence, fluorescence
ORIGIN: Repr. French  -escence  or Latin  -escentia , formed as -escent -ence 
-es·cence
\ˈesən(t)s\  noun suffix 
(-s) 
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin -escentia, from -escent-, -escens + -ia 
 : state or process of becoming 
< obsolescence >
< convalescence >
< obsolescence >
< convalescence >
-escence
Suffix
- a specified process or state
Etymology
From Latin -escens, form of -ēscō (“I become”).
Derived terms
 English words suffixed with -escence
Related terms
后缀:-escence [名词后缀]
构成抽象名词,表示开始,正在,逐渐形成某种状态、情况或性质,略...,似...,它的对应形容词后缀为-escent,亦作-escency。有些词具有-escence和-escency两种后缀形式
coalescence 联合,结合
senescence 衰老
juvenescence 变年轻
incandescence 白炽
efflorescence 开花期,花开
evanescence 渐渐消失
deliquescence 潮解,液化
rejuvenescence 返老还童