-ole

See also: ole, Ole, OLE, olé, öle, Öle, and 'Ole

English

Etymology 1

Arbitrary variant of -ol, now used to distinguish between specific cases.

Suffix

-ole

1. (organic chemistry) in the Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature for naming heterocycles, denotes an unsaturated five-membered ring system

Derived terms

• (heterocycles) arsole, azole (triazole, tetrazole, pentazole; oxazole, thiazole; isoxazole, isothiazole), bismole, borole, imidazole, indole, oxole, phosphole, pyrazole, pyrrole, silole, stannole, stibole, thiole

Etymology 2

From Latin -olus, from -lus.

Suffix

-ole

1. A diminutive suffix referring to small parts of organisms or their cells.

Derived terms

• arteriole, centriole, vacuole

Anagrams

• EOL, Elo, LEO, Leo, Loe, OEL, elo, leo

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin -olus.

Suffix

-ole

1. added to a noun to form a diminutive, or a depreciative form of that noun

Derived terms

• (diminutive or depreciative) gloriole, tartignole, cambriole

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Latin

Suffix

1. vocative masculine singular of -olus