-cule

1

variant of -cle1: animalcule; molecule; reticule.

Origin of -cule

1
(< F) < Latin -culus, -cula, -culum; see -cle1

Words nearby -cule

-core, -corn, -cosm, -cracy, -crat, -cule, -cy, -cyst, -cyte, -dactyl, -dactylous

Definition for -cule (2 of 2)

-cule 2

variant of -cle2: ridicule.

Origin of -cule

2
(< F) < Latin -culum, -cula; see -cle2

British Dictionary definitions for -cule

-cule

suffix forming nouns

indicating smallness animalcule

Word Origin for -cule

from Latin -culus, diminutive suffix; compare -cle