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-type

-type suffix: impressed form; stamp; print.

Suffix

-type (noun-forming suffix, plural -types)

  1. impressed form; stamp; print
  2. typical form
  3. Used to form words referring to groups of organisms characterized by the presence of a specific feature
  4. -like

Forms of -type

plural-types

Origin of -type

From Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, type”), see type.

Questions about -type

What does -type mean?
-type means impressed form; stamp; print.
What part of speech is -type?
-type is a suffix.

Words near -type in the dictionary

  1. -tum-
  2. -tuple
  3. -ture
  4. -twt
  5. -ty
  6. -type
  7. -types
  8. -typic
  9. -u-
  10. -ual
  11. -uide

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