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-ode

-ode suffix: way, path, travel.

Suffix (1)

-ode

  1. Way, path, travel.
  2. Way, means, method, system.
  3. Electrode, electrical conductor used to make contact with a non-metallic part of a circuit.

Suffix (2)

-ode

  1. Characterized by.
  2. Denoting abundance.
  3. Resembling, denoting likeness.

Forms of -ode

alternative form-hod

Origin of -ode

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way, journey, travel, means, method, system”).

From Ancient Greek -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “form, likeness”).

Words formed from -ode

Questions about -ode

What does -ode mean?
-ode means way, path, travel.
What part of speech is -ode?
-ode is a suffix.

Words near -ode in the dictionary

  1. -obe
  2. -ock
  3. -ocracy
  4. -ocratic
  5. -odd
  6. -ode
  7. -odont
  8. -odontia
  9. -odynia
  10. -oecious
  11. -oes

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