-icle

suffix

Used to form diminutive nouns.

“thesis + -icle → thesicle”

Similar
-cule-ee-el-et-ette-ie-kin-le
OriginOld English ġicel →
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Meanings

-icle1

suffix
  1. alternativerareAlternative form of -sicle.

    brinicle, limicle, rusticle, snoticle

-icle2

suffix

alternative -culus · alternative -culum · alternative -cule · alternative -ule · alternative -ole

  1. diminutiveuncommonUsed to form diminutive nouns.

    thesis + -icle → thesicle

    Synonyms: -cule, -ee, -el, -et, -ette, -ie, -kin, -le

Synonyms & antonyms

suffixUsed to form diminutive nouns.

Similar
-cule-ee-el-et-ette-ie-kin-le-let-ling-ole-ule-ymini-micro-nano-
Also see
-cule-ee-el-et-ette-ie-kin-le-let-lingmicro-mini-nano--ole-ule-y

Origin

-icle · suffix

  1. Old Englishġicel“icicle, ice”
  2. English-icle

From a back-formation of icicle, the second element of which ultimately from Old English ġicel (“icicle, ice”). More at icicle, ickle.

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-icle · suffix

  1. Latin-culus
  2. English-icle

From Latin -culus (diminutive suffix).

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Cite this entry
APA

-icle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-icle

MLA

“-icle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-icle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-icle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-icle.

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