-re Suffix, -re ▼ ▶

1. Attached to the ends of verb infinitives to form nouns, meaning "the action or result of"; -ing, -ation
   - translating, translation (the action or result of translation)

   - conjugating, conjugation (the action or result of conjugation)

   - speech, speaking (the action or result of speech)

   - wealth, riches (the result of having)

Appox. usage (any sense): less than 0.1 per million words