See Also: cule(dictionary)

cule (iou)



-cule suffix. [kju:l]
[Repr. French -cule from Latin -culus, -cula, -culum, dim. suffix: cf. -CLE, -UNCLE.]
Forming (orig. dim.) nouns, as molecule, crepuscule, etc. The Latin endings -culus, -cula, -culum, are retained in some (esp. technical) words from Latin.