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-e-

-e- interfix: a linking vowel inserted between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning.

Interfix

-e-

  1. A linking vowel inserted between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning.

Infix

-e-

  1. a monoclonal antibody derived from a hamster source

Origin of -e-

Borrowed from Latin -e-.

The final vowel of hamster, as the initial vowel would be a homonym of -a- from rat.

Questions about -e-

What does -e- mean?
-e- means a linking vowel inserted between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning.
What part of speech is -e-?
-e- can be an interfix or an infix.

Words near -e- in the dictionary

  1. -dutant
  2. -dyl
  3. -dyne
  4. -dynia
  5. -e
  6. -e-
  7. -eal
  8. -ean
  9. -ecious
  10. -ectasis
  11. -ectomy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -e- (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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