-ula

suffix

Forming diminutive nouns.

“ameba + -ula → amebula”

OriginLatin -ula →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. Forming diminutive nouns.

    ameba + -ula → amebula

    1 more example

    marimba + -ula → marimbula

  2. Denoting things associated with, or compared to, Dracula: Count Chocula, Bunnicula, etc.

Origin

  1. Latin-ula
  2. English-ula

Borrowed from Latin -ula. Doublet of -ule.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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