-logue
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Back-formation from dialogue. Doublet of -alogue.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: lŏgʹ
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌlɒɡ/
- (General American, General Australian, Scotland, India) IPA(key): /ˌlɔɡ/
- (cot-caught merger) IPA(key): /ˌlɑɡ/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˌlɒɡ/, /ˌlɑɡ/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌlɒɡ/, [ˌlɞ̠ɡ], [ˌlɔ̟ɡ]
Suffix
[edit]-logue (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -logues)
-logue (adjective-forming suffix, not comparable)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Back-formation from analogue and homologue.
Suffix
[edit]-logue (noun-forming suffix, plural -logues)
-logue (adjective-forming suffix, not comparable)
- (sciences) A correspondent (homologue or analogue).
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From French -logue, from Ancient Greek -λόγος (-lógos).[1]
Suffix
[edit]-logue (noun-forming suffix, plural -logues)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-logue m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -logues)
- -logist
- arachno- + -logue → arachnologue (“arachnologist”)
- neuro- + -logue → neurologue (“neurologist”)
- démon + -o- + -logue → démonologue (“demonologist”)
Suffix
[edit]-logue (adjective-forming suffix, plural -logues)
- -logous
- hétéro- + -logue → hétérologue (“heterologous”)
- auto- + -logue → autologue (“autologous”)
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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