also -ry

…の行為［状態］, …の集まり, …する場所

1. forming nouns denoting a class or kind: confectionery | greenery.

クラスや種類を表す名詞を作る

2. forming nouns denoting an occupation, a state, a condition, or behavior: archery | bravery | slavery.

職種、状態、コンディション、振る舞いを表す名詞を作る

forming nouns with depreciatory reference: knavery | tomfoolery.

軽蔑的な言及を伴う名詞を作る

3. forming nouns denoting a place set aside for an activity or a grouping of things, animals, etc.: orangery | rookery.

活動や物や動物などの集まりのために取られた場所を表す名詞を作る

from French -erie, based on Latin -arius and -ator.