-ose
UK/-əʊs//-oʊs/
-ose suffix: full of.
Suffix (1)
-ose
Suffix (2)
-ose
-ose meaning in Tamil
-ose in Tamil
- ஓசு
Synonyms of -ose
Antonyms
Origin of -ose
Borrowed from Latin -ōsus. Doublet of -ous in stressed position.
Back-formation from glucose.
Words formed from -ose
- adenose
- adipose
- annulose
- ariose
- bracteose
- callose
- caseose
- comatose
- cormose
- cystose
- dactylose
- epicosity
- esquamulose
- favose
- feldspathose
- foliolose
- glumose
- gneissose
- granulose
- greenschistose
- gummose
- gyrose
- hamose
- lacunose
- lacunulose
- leprose
- lichenose
- mammose
- minutiose
- naevose
- neurose
- nodulose
- plumose
- plumulose
- prionose
- quartzose
- racemulose
- radiculose
- schistose
- scyphose
- squamulose
- strigose
- thallose
- trappose
- tremellose
- venulose
- verbose
- verrucose
- viscose
- zygose
- aldohexose
- aldopentose
- aldose
- allose
- altrose
- arabinose
- biose
- cellobiose
- cellose
- cellulose
Questions about -ose
- What does -ose mean?
- -ose means full of.
- What is -ose in Tamil?
- -ose in Tamil is ஓசு. See -ose meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is -ose?
- -ose is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -ose?
- -ose is pronounced /-əʊs/ (UK).
Words near -ose in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: -ose (page history and authors); -ose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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