"-ode" meaning in English

See -ode in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -hod [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós)bor. English -ode From Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way, journey, travel, means, method, system”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|grc:ὁδός|id=way|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós)bor. English -ode, {{bor|en|grc|ὁδός||road, path, way, journey, travel, means, method, system}} Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way, journey, travel, means, method, system”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffixes}} -ode
  1. Way, path, travel. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ode-en-suffix-jelFWm20
  2. Way, means, method, system. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ode-en-suffix-m3bskeOV
  3. Electrode, electrical conductor used to make contact with a non-metallic part of a circuit. Tags: morpheme Related terms: hodo-, odo-, ode
    Sense id: en--ode-en-suffix-H0q~00UN Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 19 31 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 25 23 23 20 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 16 25 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 9 24 19 22 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 22 23 25 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 17 25 57 Derived forms: anode, cathode, centrode, diode, dynode, ejectrode, electrode, ergodic, heptode, hexode, kinesodic, nosode, octode, optode, pentode, platinode, tetrode, triode, zincode
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Forms: -hod [alternative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “form, likeness”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|-ώδης||form, likeness}} Ancient Greek -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “form, likeness”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -ode, {{en-suffix}} -ode
  1. Characterized by. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ode-en-suffix-rXUKqDO~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 25 23 23 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 9 24 19 22 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 22 23 25 21
  2. Denoting abundance. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ode-en-suffix--zAPlyS8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 25 23 23 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 9 24 19 22 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 22 23 25 21
  3. Resembling, denoting likeness. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ode-en-suffix-zdY5YUea Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 25 23 23 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 9 24 19 22 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 22 23 25 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Alternative forms

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