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-ime

-ime suffix: suffix denoting ordinal number.

Suffix

-ime

  1. Suffix denoting ordinal number.

Origin of -ime

From French -ime, from decime, ultimately from Latin -ima.

Questions about -ime

What does -ime mean?
-ime means suffix denoting ordinal number.
What part of speech is -ime?
-ime is a suffix.

Words near -ime in the dictionary

  1. -illiard
  2. -illion
  3. -ily
  4. -im
  5. -imal
  6. -ime
  7. -imibe
  8. -imundo
  9. -imus
  10. -in
  11. -in'

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