Category:English terms suffixed with -le

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Newest and oldest pages 
Newest pages ordered by last category link update:
  1. rumble
  2. pantle
  3. little
  4. creeple
  5. niblick
  6. hosel
  7. argle-bargle
  8. argy-bargy
  9. cripple
  10. ettle
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. hangle
  2. knurl
  3. crankle
  4. mewl
  5. rootle
  6. snaggle
  7. lorel
  8. dartle
  9. blinkle
  10. sossle

English terms ending with the suffix -le.

Terms are placed in this category using {{af|en|base|-le}} or {{affix|en|base|-le}} (or the more specific and less-preferred equivalents {{suf}} or {{suffix}}), where base is the base lemma from which this term is derived.


This suffix has not been productive of new words since the 19th century. Many words ending in -le were formed in Middle English or are derived from words in other languages with a similar sounding ending, often -el, -elen, or -eln.

Subcategories

This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.