"-ome" meaning in All languages combined

See -ome on Wiktionary

Suffix [English]

IPA: /-oʊm/ [General-American], /-əʊm/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: Alteration of -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma). Only partially cognate to -some (“body”), from σῶμα (sôma, “body”), in that both share the case ending -μα (-ma), but the ω is unrelated. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|-ωμα}} Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ome, {{en-suffix}} -ome
  1. A mass of something. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ome-en-suffix-5EZAKwGj Derived forms: biome, environome, exposome, genome, metabolome, metagenome, -omics, phenome, phyllome, proteome, transcriptome
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix [English]

IPA: /-oʊm/ [General-American], /-əʊm/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: Back-formation from mitome, reinforced by chromosome. Early examples include biome (1916) and genome, from German Genom (1920). Some association with genetics due to occurrence in chromosome and genome. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|mitome}} Back-formation from mitome, {{cog|de|Genom}} German Genom Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ome, {{en-suffix}} -ome
  1. (biology) The complete whole of a class of substances for a species or an individual. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Biology Related terms: -omics, -some
    Sense id: en--ome-en-suffix-vCZKoWGV Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [French]

IPA: /ɔm/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|grc|-ωμα}} Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma) Head templates: {{head|fr|suffix|||||g=|g2=|head=|sort=}} -ome, {{fr-suffix}} -ome
  1. -oma Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ome-fr-suffix-JETBI8ok Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Derived forms: adamantinome, condylome, embryome, endocannabinoidome, épitheliome, glioblastome, hépatome, hygrome, lépome, méningiome, mycétome, myélome, neurome, nevrome, odontome, ostéome, papillome, pinéalome, psammome, staphylome
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