-ad1
/ad/ /əd/suffix
Forming nouns:
1In collective numerals: myriad triad
2In names of females in classical mythology: dryad naiad
3In names of poems and similar compositions: Iliad jeremiad
4In names of members of some taxonomic groupings: bromeliad
Origin
From the Greek ending -as, -ad-.
-ad2
/əd/suffix
Forming nouns such as ballad, salad. Compare with -ade1.
Origin
From French -ade.
- macroplankton
- macroplanktonic
- macropleural
- macropod
- macropodid
- macropodine
- macropore
- macroporosity
- macroporous
- macropsia
- macropterous
- macroradical
- macro-scale
- macroscopic
- macroscopical
- macroscopically
- macrosegment
- macrosegregation
- macroseism
- macroseismic
- Macro-Siouan
- macrosmatic
- macrosocial
- macrosocietal
- macrosociolinguistic