-ule
a suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, originally diminutive nouns (capsule; globule; nodule) or noun derivatives of verbs (ligule).
-ule
suffix
indicating smallness globule
word origin
from latin -ulus, diminutive suffix
-ule
suffix meaning “small, little” (capsule, module, etc.), from fr. -ule, from l. diminutive suffix -ulus (fem. -ula, neut. -ulum).
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- -um
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an abstract-noun suffix of action, result, and instrument, occurring in loanwords from french and latin: pressure; legislature. -ure suffix indicating act, process, or result seizure indicating function or office legislature, prefecture word origin from french, from latin -ūra -ure suffix forming abstract nouns of action, from o.fr. -ure, from l. -ura.
- -uret
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