Ile
abbreviation
Ile
1 Americanabbreviation
Biochemistry.
ile-
2
American
-ile
3
American
-ile
British
suffix
Usage
What does ile- mean? Ile- is a combining form used like a prefix representing the word ileum, the third and lowest division of the small intestine. It is often used in medical terms, especially in anatomy and pathology. Ile- ultimately comes from the Latin īlia, meaning “side of the body between hips and groin, guts.”Ile- is a variant of ileo-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use ileo- article.
Etymology
Origin of -ile
From the Latin word -ilis, -īlis
Example Sentences
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She said she was now a "happy woman", having found love again in a new relationship as she rebuilt her life on the blustery French Atlantic island of Ile de Re.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Eventually, the crew makes land on Ile Saint-Hubert near French Guinea, where a genetic dinosaur laboratory was evacuated 17 years earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
Ile d’Oleron is an island off the Atlantic coast of France.
From NewsForKids.net ● Mar. 13, 2024
In a message on its website, Ile de Beauté thanked returning customers, promising a wide range of international brands, and said that previously purchased gift cards would still be valid.
From Reuters ● Oct. 10, 2022
Bill asked in the taxi on our way down to the Ile Saint Louis.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
See -ive. -il, -ile, able, as civil, ductile.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Dysodyle, -ile, dis′ō-dīl, n. a yellow or grayish laminated bituminous mineral, often found with lignite, burning vividly, with an odour of asafœtida.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The initial i in the particle -ile often affects the last or penultimate syllable of the verbal root, thereby causing one of the very rare changes which take place in this vocable.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
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