-cle / -cule
small
Latin · -culus (diminutive)
Latin -culus (diminutive) gives English -cle and -cule, meaning "small". A particle is a small part, a molecule a small mass, minuscule is very small, a cubicle is a small cube-like room.
Memory trick
CLE sounds like "tickle": a tiny touch from a tiny thing.
Words from this root
- particle (parti + cle) — a very small partकण
- article (arti + cle) — a small joint; a written pieceलेख, वस्तु
- cubicle (cubi + cle) — a small enclosed spaceछोटा केबिन
- molecule (mole + cule) — a very small mass of atomsअणु
- minuscule (minus + cule) — extremely smallबहुत छोटा
- animalcule (animal + cule) — a tiny animalसूक्ष्म जीव
- opuscule (opus + cule) — a small workछोटी रचना
- tabernacle (taberna + cle) — a small hut or tentतंबू, पूजा-स्थल
- follicle (folli + cle) — a small sac in the skinरोम-कूप
- ventricle (ventri + cle) — a small chamber of the heartहृदय का निलय
- corpuscle (corpus + cle) — a tiny body or blood cellरक्त कण