-logue

See also: logue and logué

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French -logue, from Ancient Greek -λόγος (-lógos, one who speaks (in a certain manner)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɒɡ/

Suffix

-logue (plural -logues)

  1. Used to denote discourse of a specified kind.
  2. (chemistry, genetics) Used to denote correspondence (homology or analogy).
  3. (rare) -logist.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -logue

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔɡ/

Suffix

-logue m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -logues)

  1. -logist
    arachno- + ‎-logue → ‎arachnologue (arachnologist)
    neuro- + ‎-logue → ‎neurologue (neurologist)
    démon + ‎-o- + ‎-logue → ‎démonologue (demonologist)

Suffix

-logue (adjective-forming suffix, plural -logues)

  1. -logous
    hétéro- + ‎-logue → ‎hétérologue (heterologous)
    auto- + ‎-logue → ‎autologue (autologous)

Derived terms

See also

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