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-ole

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
-ole
IPA
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

in the Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature for naming heterocycles, denotes an unsaturated five-membered ring system with nitrogen

suffix

A diminutive suffix referring to small parts of organisms or their cells.

Etymology

Partly arbitrary variant of -ol (now used to distinguish between specific cases) and partly from Latin oleum (“oil”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

-icle (alternative) -culus (alternative) -culum (alternative) -cule (alternative) -ule (alternative)

Derived Forms

arsole azole bismole borole imidazole indole oxole phosphole pyrazole pyrrole silole stannole

Synonyms

-cule -ee -el -et -ette -icle -ie -kin -le -let -ling -ule

Questions

What does -ole mean?
in the Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature for naming heterocycles, denotes an unsaturated five-membered ring system with nitrogen
Where does -ole come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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