WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
-ades,
- a suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek, the plural of -ad 1:Hyades; Pleiades.
- Greek -ades. See -ad1
'-ades' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
dryad
- monad
- naiad
- Omayyad
- Ommiad
- hamadryad
- Hyades
- Northern Sporades
- Southern Sporades.