-meal
/miːl/
-meal suffix: used to denote a fixed number, measure, or amount at a time.
Suffix (1)
-meal
Suffix (2)
-meal
- Denotes a powder made of ground cereal.
Origin of -meal
From Middle English -mele, from Old English -mǣlum (“at times”), from Proto-Germanic *mēlamiz, instrumental case of Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“measure; time”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian -moal, Dutch -maal, German Low German -maal, German -mal. More at meal.
From Middle English mele, from Old English melu (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, mill”). More at meal.
Words formed from -meal
Words that rhyme with -meal
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- keel
- anneal
- creel
- peal
- peel
- sweal
- congeal
- Izmail
- kneel
- meal
- Neale
- streal
- weal
- awheel
- Castile
- cochineal
- feal
- heal
- Lille
- ordeal
- repeal
- sele
- squeal
- teal
- zeal
- ceil
- debile
- dishabille
- hele
- leal
- lifesteal
- Neil
- Niel
- O'Neill
- reveal
- schlemiel
- seel
- she'll
- shiel
- skeel
- spiel
- square meal
- unseal
- veal
- we'll
- weel
- ye'll
- allele
Questions about -meal
- What does -meal mean?
- -meal means used to denote a fixed number, measure, or amount at a time.
- What part of speech is -meal?
- -meal is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -meal?
- -meal is pronounced /miːl/.
Words near -meal in the dictionary
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