-ile

Learned borrowing from Latin -īlis.

-ile

1. (non-productive) Tending to, or capable of.

• EIL, lie, Eli, Lie, Lei, LIE, ELI, -lie, lei, Lei.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.le/
• Rhymes: -ile
• Hyphenation: -ì‧le

From Latin -īle (forming names of enclosures for animals; more generally, forming names of places where certain goods are stored).

-ile m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ili)

1. used to form nouns indicating locations that host animals or objects

   ‎campana (“bell”) + ‎-ile → ‎campanile (“bell tower”)

   ‎porco (“pig”) + ‎-ile → ‎porcile (“pigsty”)

   ‎fieno (“hay”) + ‎-ile → ‎fienile (“hayloft”)

From Latin -īlem.

-ile (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ili)

1. (non-productive) -ile (tending to or capable of)

• Lei, eli, lei

Neuter of -īlis, originally specifying the purpose of a stabulum (“stall”).

-īle n (genitive -īlis); third declension

2. Forming names of enclosures for animals; more generally, forming names of places where certain goods are stored.

   ‎sūs (“pig”) + ‎-ile → ‎suīle (“pigsty”)

   ‎fēnum (“hay”) + ‎-ile → ‎fēnīle (“hayloft”)

• Italian: -ile

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

-īle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of -īlis