-ile Definition

il, əl, 'l, īl
suffix
Of, relating to, or capable of.
Audile.
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A division of a specified size in the range of a statistic.
Percentile.
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affix
Of, having to do with, that can be, like, suitable for.
Docile, missile.
Webster's New World
noun
(obsolete) Ear of corn.
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(obsolete) An aisle.

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(obsolete) An isle.
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Abbreviation of percentile.

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contraction

(archaic) I’ll; contraction for I will or I shall.

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abbreviation

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of isoleucine.

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Origin of -ile

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin -ilis, -īlis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English egl

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably from –ile

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See aisle.

    From Wiktionary

  • See isle

    From Wiktionary

  • See I'll

    From Wiktionary

-ile Sentence Examples

  • The Bidassoa, which is only important as forming part of the frontier, contains the Ile des Faisans, where the treaty of the Pyrenees was concluded (1659), and debouches between Hendaye (France) and Fuenterrabia (Spain).

  • His name was, however, unknown to the general public till he was arrested on the 15th of October 1894 on a charge of selling military secrets to Germany, condemned, publicly degraded (January 4, 1895), and transported (March Io) to the Ile du Diable, French Guiana.

  • In the I tth century the kings of that line possessed meagre domains scattered about in the Ile de France among the seigniorial possessions of Brie, Beauce, Beauvaisis and Valois.

  • The two years of discussion which followed are interesting as a proof that Aragon had The Suereached a higher political level than Cast ile.

  • France," generally interpreted to mean that Marie was a native of the Ile de France, she seems to have been of Norman origin, and certainly spent most of her life in England.

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