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• ule
  ule

  noun

  caucho.
• -ule
  -ule

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

ule

¹ American  

[oo-ley] / ˈu leɪ /

noun

1. caucho.

2. a tree that produces caucho.

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-ule ² American  

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

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-ule British  

suffix

1. indicating smallness

   globule

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Etymology

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- ( cf. -cle ¹, -elle, -ole ¹); the deverbative suffix -ulus, etc. ( cf. cingulum, tumulus) is of distinct origin

Example Sentences

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

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George