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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.

-ule 2 American  

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

-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

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