"-cole" meaning in English

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Suffix

Forms: -coles [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French -cole, from Latin -cola (“cultivator”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|-cole}} Borrowed from French -cole, {{der|en|la|-cola||cultivator}} Latin -cola (“cultivator”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} -cole (noun-forming suffix, plural -coles), {{en-adj|-}} -cole (adjective-forming suffix, not comparable)
  1. Forms nouns (and occasionally adjectives) relating to organisms that inhabit a particular habitat. Tags: morpheme, not-comparable

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -cole meaning in English (1.4kB)

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