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

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

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

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

I used my thumbnail to scratch a hasty ule rune onto the wood, then doch, then pesin.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss