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-obe

-obe suffix: indicating a life-form, often microscopic.

Suffix

-obe

  1. Indicating a life-form, often microscopic

Origin of -obe

Abstracted from aerobe and microbe, both formed in French using the Ancient Greek word βίος (bíos, “life”).

Words formed from -obe

  • -obic
  • -obite
  • -obious

Questions about -obe

What does -obe mean?
-obe means indicating a life-form, often microscopic.
What part of speech is -obe?
-obe is a suffix.

Words near -obe in the dictionary

  1. -o-meter
  2. -o-rama
  3. -o-saurus
  4. -oan
  5. -oate
  6. -obe
  7. -ock
  8. -ocracy
  9. -ocratic
  10. -odd
  11. -ode

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