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-culus

-culus is the alternative form of -cule.

Meaning of -cule

Suffix

-cule

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

Words formed from -culus

Questions about -culus

What is -culus the alternative form of?
-culus is the alternative form of -cule.

Words near -culus in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -culus (page history and authors); -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.

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