-LE


Meaning of -LE in English

suffix (also -el) forming nouns with (or orig. with) diminutive sense, or = -AL (angle; castle; mantle; syllable; novel; tunnel). [ME -el, -elle f. OF ult. f. L forms -ellus, -ella, etc.]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.