ule

¹ American  

[oo-ley] / ˈu leɪ /

noun

1. caucho.

2. a tree that produces caucho.

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-ule ² American  

1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, originally diminutive nouns (capsule; globule; nodule ) or noun derivatives of verbs (ligule ).

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-ule British  

suffix

1. indicating smallness

   globule

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Etymology

Origin of ule¹

1840–50; < Mexican Spanish ( h ) ule < Nahuatl ōlli caoutchouc

Origin of -ule²

From French, from Latin -ulus, -ula, -ulum diminutive formative with nouns of the 1st and 2nd declensions, ultimately from unattested -el- ( -cle ¹, -elle, -ole ¹ ); the deverbative suffix -ulus, etc. ( cingulum, tumulus ) is of distinct origin

Example Sentences

Johnson envisions a typical Apollo spacecraft as carrying three such lifeboats in its service mod ule or equipment section.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since watercolor is a quick medium, it appealed to him from the start because it fitted into his crowded sched ule.

From Time Magazine Archive

In June production was upped to 11,000 cars; the July sched ule calls for 15,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

I looked closer and recognized some of the runes I was learning under Cammar: ule and dock.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

For example, if you engraved one brick with the rune ule and another with the rune dock, the two runes would cause the bricks to cling to each other, as if mortared in place.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss