ile

Examples

• All

• This material is flexibleile, meaning it can easily bend without breaking.

• Her ability to adapt makes her a versatileile individual in the workplace.

• From that time, eye-oko became eye-ile (pronounced eyele), meaning "bird of the home, domesticated pigeon." 23

  Academic text (1994)

• However, I did much work in one house of ocha (also casa de santo or ile-ocha) that was not a practitioner's home but a house exclusively dedicated to ocha ritual work.

  Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

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-ary

vsile

• Specialized

7.1

A suffix that makes adjectives meaning related to and nouns for a place or person connected with something

is about ability, susceptibility, or specific relation rather than general connection

O

ory

vsile

• Specialized

9.5

Letters added to the end of a word to form nouns and adjectives, often showing a place or relation

focuses on capability, susceptibility, or relation to a quality rather than place

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-ive

vsile

• Specialized

4.9

A word ending added to verbs to make adjectives meaning tending to or having a quality

expresses capacity, susceptibility, or simple relation rather than mere tendency

-

-natured

vsile

• Specialized

5.0

Having a particular way of behaving, often about people

points to capability or being susceptible rather than just disposition

-

-ose

vsile

8.9

A word ending that makes a describing word meaning full of something, for example verbose or grandiose

means being capable or relating rather than expressing abundance

Compounds

I

Ile St-Louis

8.1

A small island in the River Seine in Paris with very old houses and shops

I

Ile-de-France

5.7

A region in north-central France that includes Paris and nearby towns

Surface Forms

Etymology