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From Latin -antia, -entia, with influence from French -ance, French -ancie, Spanish -ancia, etc.

• IPA^(key): /ənsi/
• Rhymes: -si
• Hyphenation: an‧cy

-ancy

1. Added to verbs and adjectives to form nouns conveying a condition or quality associated with the verb.

   ‎account + ‎-ancy → ‎accountancy

   ‎ascend + ‎-ancy → ‎ascendancy

   ‎expect + ‎-ancy → ‎expectancy

May be thought of as -ant + -cy.

• -ance

• cany, cyan, cyan-