-cole

suffix

Forms nouns (and occasionally adjectives) relating to organisms that inhabit a particular habitat.

OriginFrench -cole ← Latin -cola →
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Meanings

suffix-cole (noun-forming suffix, plural -coles)

plural -coles

  1. not comparableForms nouns (and occasionally adjectives) relating to organisms that inhabit a particular habitat.

Origin

  1. Latin-cola“cultivator”
  2. French-cole
  3. English-cole

Borrowed from French -cole, from Latin -cola (“cultivator”).

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APA

-cole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-cole

MLA

“-cole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-cole. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-cole,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-cole.

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