-ile

-ile ¹

suff.

Of, relating to, or capable of: audile.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -ilis, -īlis.]

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-ile ²

suff.

A division of a specified size in the range of a statistic: percentile.

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[From -ile as in quartile, quintile, etc.]

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-ile

suffix forming adjectives, suffix forming nouns

indicating capability, liability, or a relationship with something: agile; fragile; juvenile.

[via French from Latin or directly from Latin -ilis]

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-ile¹

,

var. of -able in words borrowed from Latin, orig. suffixed to verb stems ending in a labial consonant ( labile; nubile), later added to other verb stems ( agile; docile; facile; fragile).

Compare -tile.

[< Latin -ilis, alter. of -ibilis by haplology, as habilis able from *habibilis]

-ile²

,

a suffix of adjectives borrowed from Latin, meaning “pertaining to or characteristic of” the class of persons named by the stem: infantile; juvenile; puerile; virile.

[< Latin -ī-lis]

-ile³

,

a suffix used to form words denoting the value of a statistical variable that divides a distribution into a given number of equal-sized groups, as specified by the initial element of the word: decile; percentile.

[on the model of quintile or sextile]

Ile

isoleucine.

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