CY

1 of 2

abbreviation

calendar year

-cy

2 of 2

noun suffix

1

: action : practice

mendicancy

2

: rank : office

chaplaincy

3

: body : class

magistracy

4

: state : quality

bankruptcy

—often replacing a final -t or -te of the base word

accuracy

Word History

Etymology

Noun suffix

Middle English -cie, from Anglo-French, from Latin -tia, partly from -t- (final stem consonant) + -ia -y, partly from Greek -tia, -teia, from -t- (final stem consonant) + -ia, -eia -y

Kids Definition

-cy

noun suffix

sē

plural -cies

1

: action : practice

prophecy

piracy

2

: rank : office

captaincy

3

: state : quality

accuracy

bankruptcy

normalcy

Etymology

Noun suffix

derived from Latin -tia "action, quality"

Medical Definition

Cy

abbreviation

cyanogen