-le1
/(ə)l/suffix
1Forming names of appliances or instruments: bridle thimble
2Forming names of animals and plants: beetle
Origin
Old English, of Germanic origin.
-le2
/(ə)l/(also -el)
suffix
Forming nouns having or originally having a diminutive sense: mantle battle castle
Origin
Middle English -el, -elle, partly from Old English and partly from Old French (based on Latin forms).
-le3
/(ə)l/suffix
(Forming adjectives from an original verb) apt to; liable to: brittle nimble
Origin
Middle English: from earlier -el, of Germanic origin.
-le4
/(ə)l/suffix
Forming verbs, chiefly those expressing repeated action or movement (as in babble, dazzle), or having diminutive sense (as in nestle).
Origin
Old English -lian, of Germanic origin.
- anaphylactic
- anaphylactic shock
- anaphylaxis
- anapsid
- anaptyctic
- anaptyxis
- anarch
- anarchic
- anarchical
- anarchically
- anarchism
- anarchist
- anarchistic
- anarcho-capitalism
- anarcho-capitalist
- anarchy
- an army marches on its stomach
- an arrow in the quiver
- an article of faith
- Anasazi
- Anasazi bean
- anastigmat
- anastigmatic
- anastomose
- anastomosis