-cule

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  1. variant of -cle1: animalcule; molecule; reticule.

Origin of -cule

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From French, from Latin -culus, -cula, -culum; see -cle1

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Other definitions for -cule (2 of 2)

-cule2

  1. variant of -cle2: ridicule.

Origin of -cule

2
From French, from Latin -culum, -cula; see -cle2

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British Dictionary definitions for -cule

-cule

suffix forming nouns
  1. indicating smallness: animalcule

Origin of -cule

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from Latin -culus, diminutive suffix; compare -cle

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