ule

¹

[ oo-ley ]

noun

1. caucho.
2. a tree that produces caucho.

-ule

²

1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, originally diminutive nouns ( capsule; globule; nodule ) or noun derivatives of verbs ( ligule ).

-ule

suffix forming nouns

1. indicating smallness

   globule

Word History and Origins

Origin of ule¹

1840–50; < Mexican Spanish ( h ) ule < Nahuatl ōlli caoutchouc

Origin of ule²

From French, from Latin -ulus, -ula, -ulum diminutive formative with nouns of the 1st and 2nd declensions, ultimately from unattested -el- ( -cle ¹, -elle, -ole ¹ ); the deverbative suffix -ulus, etc. ( cingulum, tumulus ) is of distinct origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of ule¹

from Latin -ulus, diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

So it was settled that the sun spent all his time in the neighbourhood of Ule.

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Measures had of course been taken to keep the Flamp out of Ule.

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Suffice it to say, that henceforward the Flamp became the guardian of Ule.

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Equivalent to the English suffixes -let in "streamlet," -ule in "globule," "pustule."

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The elder folks gathered in knots in the churchyard, greeting and shaking hands; and the children ran about crying, Ule!

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