-ery

noun suffix

plural -eries

1

: qualities collectively : character : -ness

snobbery

2

: art : practice

quackery

trickery

3

: place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (the thing specified)

fishery

bakery

eatery

4

: collection : aggregate

finery

greenery

5

: state or condition

slavery

Word History

Etymology

Middle English -erie, from Anglo-French, from -ier -er + -ie -y

Kids Definition

-ery

noun suffix

(ə-)rē

plural -eries

1

: qualities considered as a group : character

snobbery

2

: place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (the thing specified)

fishery

bakery

3

: collection : aggregate

finery

4

: state or condition

drudgery

Etymology

derived from early French -erie (noun suffix)