-logue
English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Back-formation from dialogue. Doublet of -alogue.
Pronunciation
- 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
-logue (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -logues)
-logue (adjective-forming suffix, not comparable)
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -logue (discourse)
Etymology 2
Back-formation from analogue or homologue.
Suffix
-logue (noun-forming suffix, plural -logues)
-logue (adjective-forming suffix, not comparable)
- (sciences) A correspondent (homologue or analogue).
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -logue (correspondence)
Etymology 3
From French -logue, from Ancient Greek -λόγος (-lógos).[1]
Suffix
-logue (noun-forming suffix, plural -logues)
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -logue (expert)
References
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔɡ/
Suffix
-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
-logue (adjective-forming suffix, plural -logues)
- -logous
- hétéro- + -logue → hétérologue (“heterologous”)
- auto- + -logue → autologue (“autologous”)
Derived terms
French terms suffixed with -logue
See also
Further reading
- “-logue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012