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-ean

an element used to form adjectives from nouns ending in -ea: crustacean.

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Nearby words

  1. -dom,
  2. -drome,
  3. -dromous,
  4. -ea,
  5. -eae,
  6. -ectasia,
  7. -ectomy,
  8. -ed,
  9. -ee,
  10. -een

Origin of -ean

< Latin -ē(us) (Greek -eios), -ae(us) (Greek -aios), -e(us) + -an
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British Dictionary definitions for -ean

-ean

suffix forming adjectives

a variant of -an Caesarean
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Word Origin and History for -ean

-ean

variant of -an after names ending in -ea, -es, -eus.

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