"-ome" meaning in French

See -ome in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ɔm/ Forms: -omes [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|grc|-ωμα}} Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} -ome m (noun-forming suffix, plural -omes)
  1. (pathology, oncology) -oma Tags: masculine, morpheme Related terms: -oma [alternative]
    Sense id: en--ome-fr-suffix-JETBI8ok Categories (other): Oncology, Pathology, Pages using catfix, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 7 31 33 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 30 28 29 4 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 26 32 33 2 1 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: medicine, oncology, pathology, sciences
  2. (biology) -ome Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ome-fr-suffix-r9uVBZEp Categories (other): Biology, Pages using catfix, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 7 31 33 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 30 28 29 4 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 26 32 33 2 1 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Derived forms: adamantinome, condylome, embryome, endocannabinoidome, épitheliome, glioblastome, hépatome, hygrome, lépome, méningiome, mycétome, myélome, neurome, nevrome, odontome, ostéome, papillome, pinéalome, psammome, staphylome

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -ome meaning in French (2.1kB)

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