WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ile-,
-ile,
Ile, [Biochem.]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- var. of ileo- before a vowel:ileac.
-ile,
- a suffix of adjectives expressing capability, susceptibility, liability, aptitude, etc.:agile; ductile;fragile;prehensile;
volatile.
- Latin -ilis, -īlis
Ile, [Biochem.]
- Biochemistryisoleucine.
ileo-,
- a combining form representing ileum in compound words:ileostomy.
- Neo-Latin
'ile-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-ile
- Devil's Island
- Essonne
- France
- Galilean satellites
- Galilean telescope
- Hauts-de-Seine
- Homeric simile
- IL
- Mauritius
- Notre Dame
- Paris
- Saint-Pierre
- Seine-Saint-Denis
- Seine-et-Marne
- Val-d'Oise
- Val-de-Marne
- Yvelines
- able
- aedile
- agile
- aisle
- anile
- antifebrin
- audile
- axile
- bastille
- bissextile
- campanile
- centile
- contractile
- cruise missile
- decile
- distensile
- docile
- ductile
- epic simile
- erectile
- expansile
- exsertile
- extensile
- extrusile
- facile
- facsimile catalog
- febrile
- fertile
- fictile
- fissile
- flexile
- fragile