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-logue

UK/ˌlɒɡ/US/ˌlɔɡ/

-logue suffix: speech, or a way of speaking, a narrative, logical discourse.

Suffix (1)

-logue (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -logues)

  1. (not comparable) Speech, or a way of speaking, a narrative, logical discourse.
    Synonyms:
    -logy
  2. (archaic, dated, historical, not comparable, obsolete, rare) Synonym of -logist.
    Synonyms:
    -logist
  3. (not comparable, rare) Synonym of -logy.
    Synonyms:
    -logy

Suffix (2)

-logue (noun-forming suffix, plural -logues)

  1. (not comparable) A correspondent (homologue or analogue).

Synonyms of -logue

Forms of -logue

plural-logues
alternative form-log

Origin of -logue

Unadapted borrowing from Middle French -logue, from Classical Latin -logus, from Ancient Greek -λόγος (-lógos, “a student of or specialist in a field; type of discourse”).

Back-formation from analogue or homologue.

Questions about -logue

What does -logue mean?
-logue means speech, or a way of speaking, a narrative, logical discourse.
What part of speech is -logue?
-logue is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -logue?
-logue is pronounced /ˌlɒɡ/ (UK).

Words near -logue in the dictionary

  1. -logic
  2. -logical
  3. -logies
  4. -logist
  5. -logs
  6. -logue
  7. -logues
  8. -logy
  9. -long
  10. -loquy
  11. -lord

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