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-treme

-treme suffix: having a trema (hole or aperture) or tremata of the type, position or number specified by the prefix.

Suffix

-treme

  1. Having a trema (hole or aperture) or tremata of the type, position or number specified by the prefix.
    Synonyms:
    aperturate

Synonyms of -treme

Origin of -treme

From New Latin trēma (“aperture”), from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma), from Proto-Hellenic *trḗmə (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *tréh₁-mn̥ (“to drill”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill”).

Questions about -treme

What does -treme mean?
-treme means having a trema (hole or aperture) or tremata of the type, position or number specified by the prefix.
What part of speech is -treme?
-treme is a suffix.

Words near -treme in the dictionary

  1. -tous
  2. -tox-
  3. -toxa-
  4. -trakinra
  5. -traline
  6. -treme
  7. -trexate
  8. -trices
  9. -trigine
  10. -tripsy
  11. -trix

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