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单词 -cle
释义

-clesuffix

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -cle; Latin -culus; Latin -cula.
Etymology: < French -cle and its etymons classical Latin -culus -culus suffix, -cula -cula suffix, -culum -culum suffix.Common in borrowings and adaptations from French and Latin from the Middle English period onwards. Independent formations within English are rare, but are found from the 16th cent., e.g. oratricle n., penticle n., planticle n.
Occurring as a diminutive suffix in nouns, as planticle n., thesicle n., etc. Cf. -cule suffix and also -cula suffix, -culum suffix, -culus suffix.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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