-ole

See also: ole, Ole, OLE, olé, öle, Öle, and 'Ole

English

Etymology 1

Arbitrary variant of -ol, now used to distinguish between specific cases.

Suffix

-ole

(organic chemistry) in the Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature for naming heterocycles, denotes an unsaturated five-membered ring system

Derived terms

(heterocycles) arsole, azole (triazole, tetrazole, pentazole; oxazole, thiazole; isoxazole, isothiazole), bismole, borole, imidazole, indole, oxole, phosphole, pyrazole, pyrrole, silole, stannole, stibole, thiole

Etymology 2

From Latin -olus, from -lus.

Suffix

-ole

A diminutive suffix referring to small parts of organisms or their cells.

Derived terms

arteriole, centriole, vacuole

Anagrams

EOL, Elo, LEO, Leo, Loe, OEL, elo, leo

French

Etymology

Suffix

-ole

added to a noun to form a diminutive, or a depreciative form of that noun

Derived terms

(diminutive or depreciative) gloriole, tartignole, cambriole

Latin

Suffix

-ole

vocative masculine singular of -olus

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