Word.ws English Dictionary

-cule

-cule suffix: used to form diminutive nouns.

Suffix

-cule

  1. (diminutive) Used to form diminutive nouns.
    Synonyms:
    -ee, -el, -et, -ette, -icle, -ie, -kin, -le, -let, -ling

Synonyms of -cule

6 more synonymsFewer synonyms

Forms of -cule

alternative form-icle
alternative form-culus
alternative form-culum
alternative form-ule
alternative form-ole

Words formed from -cule

Questions about -cule

What does -cule mean?
-cule means used to form diminutive nouns.
What part of speech is -cule?
-cule is a suffix.

Words near -cule in the dictionary

  1. -crete
  2. -crine
  3. -cross
  4. -crypt
  5. -cryst
  6. -cule
  7. -culum
  8. -culus
  9. -curium
  10. -curonium
  11. -cy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: -cule (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “-cule.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/-cule. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.