-ence
/əns/suffix
forming nouns ［构成名词］
1
- denoting a quality or an instance of it表示“性质”, “情况”：
impertinence.
2
- denoting an action or its result表示“动作”, “结果”：
reference
reminiscence.
词源
from French -ence, from Latin -entia, -antia （from present participial stems -ent -, -ant -）. Since the 16th cent. many inconsistencies have occurred in the use of -ence and -ance.