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-cidal

-cidal suffix: used to make adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -cide.

Suffix

-cidal

  1. Used to make adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -cide.

Origin of -cidal

From -cide + -al.

Words formed from -cidal

  • -cidality

Questions about -cidal

What does -cidal mean?
-cidal means used to make adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -cide.
What part of speech is -cidal?
-cidal is a suffix.

Words near -cidal in the dictionary

  1. -chrome
  2. -chronous
  3. -chu
  4. -ci-
  5. -ciclovir
  6. -cidal
  7. -cide
  8. -cies
  9. -cillin
  10. -cin
  11. -cir-

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