-culesuffix

Primary stress is not attracted to this suffix, but may shift from the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element.

Etymology: < French -cule < classical Latin -culus , -cula , -culum : see -culus suffix.In living words, the suffix underwent various phonetic changes in becoming French; e.g. articulus, orteil; auricula, oreille; cuniculus, conil; masculus, masle, mâle; but it remained as -cle after persisting consonants, as in avunculus, oncle; cooperculum, couvercle.

After the latter, some words of learned origin were fashioned in -cle; e.g. article; but in modern times the Latin ending has been usually adapted in French as -cule, as corcule, cornicule, corpuscule. In English, both endings -cle and -cule are found, as corpuscle, corpuscule, crepuscle, crepuscule, animalcule, formerly also animalcle, floscule, versicle, etc. The ending -cule, with connecting vowel i, is sometimes employed, after Latin analogies, to form contemptuous diminutives, as poeticule: cf. criticule n.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	-cule
释义	-culesuffix Primary stress is not attracted to this suffix, but may shift from the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element. Etymology: < French -cule < classical Latin -culus , -cula , -culum : see -culus suffix.In living words, the suffix underwent various phonetic changes in becoming French; e.g. articulus, orteil; auricula, oreille; cuniculus, conil; masculus, masle, mâle; but it remained as -cle after persisting consonants, as in avunculus, oncle; cooperculum, couvercle. After the latter, some words of learned origin were fashioned in -cle; e.g. article; but in modern times the Latin ending has been usually adapted in French as -cule, as corcule, cornicule, corpuscule. In English, both endings -cle and -cule are found, as corpuscle, corpuscule, crepuscle, crepuscule, animalcule, formerly also animalcle, floscule, versicle, etc. The ending -cule, with connecting vowel i, is sometimes employed, after Latin analogies, to form contemptuous diminutives, as poeticule: cf. criticule n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < suffix
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