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-ville

US/ˈvɪl/

-ville suffix: used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town or city.

Suffix

-ville (proper noun-forming suffix)

  1. Used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town or city.
  2. (figuratively) Used with an adjective, noun, or gerund as a mildly intensifying locative, indicating a region or state of that kind.
    • The two combatants have been stuck in stalemate-ville for a very long time.
    • What do you reckon? Far outsville or far insville?1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 18

Origin of -ville

Borrowed from French ville (“town, city”).

Questions about -ville

What does -ville mean?
-ville means used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town or city.
What part of speech is -ville?
-ville is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -ville?
-ville is pronounced /ˈvɪl/ (US).

Words near -ville in the dictionary

  1. -verine
  2. -verse
  3. -version
  4. -vert
  5. -vi-
  6. -ville
  7. -vir
  8. -vir-
  9. -virine
  10. -viroc
  11. -virsen

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