-ade is a

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used for a fruit– (often citrus) flavored beverage. These drinks may be carbonated or non-carbonated. Widespread examples include

lemonade Lemonade is a sweetened lemon-flavored drink. There are many varieties of lemonade found throughout the world. In some parts of the world, lemonade refers to an un-carbonated, traditionally, homemade drink, using lemon juice, water, and a sw ...

cherryade Cherryade () is a carbonated soft drink made from cherry juice. It has also been produced as a non-carbonated beverage. It was first produced in the 19th century, along with other beverages such as limeade and ginger beer, which had come about ...

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, and

orangeade Orangeade may refer to: * Orange soft drink, carbonated orange-flavoured drinks, in British English * In American English, an orange drink made from orange juice mixed with water (or soda water) and syrup {{Disambiguation ...

. It is often mixed with water. Variants of the suffix have been used in brand names, including Kool-Aid and Flavor Aid from the 1920s. It is a popular naming convention with

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s, starting with

Lucozade Lucozade is a British brand of soft drinks and energy drinks manufactured and marketed by the Japanese company Suntory. Created as "Glucozade" in the UK in 1927 by a Newcastle pharmacist, William Walker Hunter (trading as W. Owen & Son), it wa ...

, first manufactured in 1927 under the name ''Glucozade'' and renamed Lucozade in 1929. Other examples include

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, Accelerade, Staminade, Sporade, and

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. The suffix is more formally used to denote an action, or a product of an action, for example with the word "

blockade A blockade is the act of actively preventing a country or region from receiving or sending out food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes people, by military force. A blockade differs from an embargo or sanction, which are ...

" meaning a physical barrier that was created with the intention of blocking.

Etymology

The suffix ''-ade'' originates from the

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''-ata'', which is a past participle used for forming nouns. It was introduced to English in the word ''lemonade'', a loanword taken from the French ''limonade''.

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