-logue
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French -logue, from Ancient Greek -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-logue (plural -logues)
- Used to denote discourse of a specified kind.
- (chemistry, genetics) Used to denote correspondence (homology or analogy).
- (rare) -logist.
Derived terms
[edit](-discourse):
(-catalogue):
(-correspondence):
(-logist):
References
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-logue
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-logue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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