"-ile" meaning in English

See -ile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin -īlis. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|-īlis}} Learned borrowing from Latin -īlis Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=unproductive suffixes|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -ile, {{en-suffix|cat2=unproductive suffixes}} -ile
  1. (no longer productive) Tending to, or capable of. Tags: idiomatic, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ile-en-suffix-jogTxxUL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 13 20 22 15 12 12 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 14 15 17 17 15 8
  2. (statistics) Any of the values in a sorted data set that splits it into a specified number of equally sized groups. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ile-en-suffix-smYPfaXF Categories (other): Statistics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 13 20 22 15 12 12 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 14 15 17 17 15 8 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
  3. (statistics) Any of the values in a sorted data set that splits it into a specified number of equally sized groups.
    Any of the groups formed from the division.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ile-en-suffix-fFOgBms- Categories (other): Statistics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 13 20 22 15 12 12 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 14 15 17 17 15 8 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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