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English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi.le/
Rhymes: -ile
Hyphenation: -ì‧le

Etymology 1

From Latin -īle (forming names of enclosures for animals; more generally, forming names of places where certain goods are stored).

Suffix

-ile m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ili)

used to form nouns indicating locations that host animals or objects
‎campana (“bell”) + ‎-ile → ‎campanile (“bell tower”)

‎porco (“pig”) + ‎-ile → ‎porcile (“pigsty”)

‎fieno (“hay”) + ‎-ile → ‎fienile (“hayloft”)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin -īlem.

Suffix

-ile m or f by sense (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ili)

(no longer productive) -ile (tending to or capable of)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Lei, eli, lei

Latin

Etymology 1

Neuter of -īlis, originally specifying the purpose of a stabulum (“stall”).

Suffix

-īle n (genitive -īlis); third declension

Forming names of enclosures for animals; more generally, forming names of places where certain goods are stored.
‎sūs (“pig”) + ‎-ile → ‎suīle (“pigsty”)

‎fēnum (“hay”) + ‎-ile → ‎fēnīle (“hayloft”)

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ile

Descendants

Italian: -ile

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Suffix

-īle

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of -īlis

Shambala

Etymology

Cognate with Yao -ile (“perfect suffix”), Zigula -ire (“negative past suffix”) and Herero -èrè (“recent definite and indefinite past suffix”).

Suffix

-ile

Suffix for creating the perfect forms of verbs

References

August Seidel (1895), Handbuch der Shambala-sprache in Usambara, Deutsch-Ostafrika. Mit Texten, einem Shambala-Deutschen und einem Deutsch-Shambala-Wörterbuch‎, Dresden-Leipzig, pages 19, 28-29

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Yao

Etymology

Cognate with Shambala -ile (“perfect suffix”), Zigula -ire (“negative past suffix”) and Herero -èrè (“recent definite and indefinite past suffix”).